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Peter
Barton
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The Powysland Club
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The Montgomeryshire Placename Database contains over 10,000 modern and 23,000 associated placenames for the county of Montgomeryshire and was complied between 1987 and 1998 by members of the Powysland Club. The database is primarily designed to provide historical information on modern placenames and can be searched using a full placename or element, parish or six figure grid reference. The database provides information on two distinct levels: detailed geographical information and notes on modern 'top-level' placenames and historical information, notes and provenance on past related placenames.
The fields included in the current database for modern 'top-level' placenames comprise:
Whereas the fields containing information on related historical placenames comprise:
In addition to working backwards from the modern placename, the database can also be searched across both modern and historical placenames allowing modern places to be identified from historical names