The Corris Railway ( Welsh: Rheilffordd Corris ) is a narrow gauge preserved railway based in Corris on the border between Merionethshire ( now Gwynedd ) and Montgomeryshire ( now Powys ) in Mid-Wales.

His grandson, Lembit Öpik, was formerly the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire, and has some astronomical connection in that he is a noted supporter of searching for asteroids that may collide with the Earth.

Merionethshire is a maritime county, bounded to the north by Caernarfonshire, to the east by Denbighshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Cardiganshire, and to the west by Cardigan Bay.

Montgomeryshire, also known as Maldwyn () is one of thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales.

In terms of historic counties, Montgomeryshire is bounded to the north by Denbighshire, to the east and south east by Shropshire ( an English county ), to the south by Radnorshire, to the south west by Cardiganshire and to the west and north west by Merionethshire.

Montgomeryshire is a UK Parliament constituency and a Welsh Assembly constituency.

The county is closely linked to Shropshire, with many essential services for Montgomeryshire residents being located in the more densely populated town of Shrewsbury, such as acute health services at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

The county flower of Montgomeryshire is Spergula arvensis ( also called " corn spurrey ").

The historic county is bounded to the north by Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, to the east by Herefordshire, to the south by Brecknockshire and to the west by Cardiganshire.

It is a maritime county, bounded to the north by the Irish Sea, to the east by Flintshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, to the south by Montgomeryshire and Merionethshire, and to the west by Caernarfonshire.

The Ellesmere Canal south of Frankton Junction, including the Llanymynch Branch and the Montgomeryshire Canal, is nowadays referred to as the Montgomery Canal, and the isolated northern section from Chester to Ellesmere Port considered part of the main line of the Shropshire Union Canal.

The family seat is Powis Castle, near Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

Welshpool () is a town in Powys, Wales, or ancient county Montgomeryshire, from the Wales-England border.

The Montgomeryshire Marauders Rugby League Club are also nominally based in Welshpool, as this is where the majority of their home fixtures take place.

Lying on the River Severn, within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire, the town is best known as the birthplace of Robert Owen in 1771 with his former house now being a museum.

Llanidloes is a town along the A470 road and B4518 road in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire (), Mid Wales.

Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate (, ) is an area of land in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, surrounding the Victorian reservoir of Lake Vyrnwy.

The Montgomery Canal ( or Montgomeryshire Canal ), known colloquially as " The Monty ", is a partially restored canal in Powys, in eastern Wales, and in northwest Shropshire, in western England.

The pound below Burgedin Bottom Lock is the sump pound of the canal, the Eastern Branch of the Montgomeryshire being filled by lockings from the Ellesmere, the Tanat feeder at Carreghofa, and a feeder from the River Rhiw at Berriew.

Llanymynech is a village straddling the border between Montgomeryshire / Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England about 9 miles ( 14 km ) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool.

Lord Sudeley is also Lay Patron of the Prayer Book Society and a past President of the Montgomeryshire Society.

Dyffryn Hall, a Georgian period manor house, is situated to the west of the village and was home to Clement Davies, the Montgomeryshire MP and leader of the post-war Liberal Party between 1945 and 1956.

The Stake & Pleach style is used in Monmouthshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Carmarthenshire and Montgomeryshire.

On July 18, 1660 the Council of King Charles II issued an order to Sir Matthew Price, High Sheriff of Montgomeryshire to take into safe custody Vavasour Powell ( described as, " a most factious and dangerous minister "), Sir Richard Saltonstall, and Richard Price of Aberbechan.

* the marcher lordships were abolished as political units and five new counties ( Monmouthshire, Brecknockshire, Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Denbighshire ) were established, thus creating a Wales of 13 counties ;

In March 1897 Arnold Heseltine died suddenly at the age of 45 ; six years later, Bessie married a Welsh landowner, Walter Buckley Jones, and moved to Jones's estate, Cefn-bryntalch Hall, near Abermule in Montgomeryshire, although the London house was kept on.

He was one of the Marcher Lords, with the Earl of Hereford and the Earl of Chester, a bulwark against the Welsh ; he was granted great powers, and his territory, which extended from Shropshire into Mid-Wales ( the county of Montgomeryshire being named for him ), was outside the ordinary administration ; he was also granted lands across England.

* Thomas Provis Wickham ( born 1810 at Weymouth, Dorset ; died on 1 March 1890 at Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire ), English cricketer.

Wynn remained Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire until his death, and from 1847 to 1850 he was Father of the House of Commons ; at the time of his death, he was the final MP from the 18th century still in Parliament.

Other orangeries in the hands of the National Trust are at Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire ; Ickworth House, Suffolk, where it forms part of the garden front of the dwelling wings ; Powis Castle, Montgomeryshire, a central feature on the late-eighteenth-century terraces ; Saltram House, Devon, probably to a Robert Adam design ; Seaton Delaval Hall, Northumberland ; and Blickling, Norfolk.

It partly lies in the Shropshire parish of Oswestry Rural ; the other part is in Montgomeryshire, Powys.

After his mother's death when he was seven William Hughes lived with his father's sister in Llandudno, Wales, also spending time with his mother's relatives in rural Montgomeryshire, where he also spoke Welsh.

His last canal was the Montgomeryshire, where he succeeded his son John as engineer in July 1797.

The Treaty of Montgomery was signed 29 September 1267 in Montgomeryshire, in which King Henry III of England acknowledges Llywelyn the Last as Prince of Wales.

Montgomeryshire became a district of Powys, with its administrative headquarters in Newtown ( and not Montgomery ).

* Welshpool Camera Club Welshpool Camera Club covers the Northern Montgomeryshire and Borders Area including the Town of Montgomery & District

Well into the nineteenth century, English was spoken by few in Wales, and prior to the early twentieth century there are only three major Welsh-born writers who wrote in the English language: George Herbert ( 1593 – 1633 ) from Montgomeryshire, Henry Vaughan ( 1622 – 1695 ) from Brecknockshire, and John Dyer ( 1699 – 1757 ) from Carmarthenshire.

While historically Welsh writing in English might be said to begin with the fifteenth-century bard Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal, well into the nineteenth century English was spoken by few in Wales, and prior to the early twentieth century there are only three major Welsh-born writers who wrote in the English language: George Herbert ( 1593 – 1633 ) from Montgomeryshire, Henry Vaughan from Brecknockshire ( 1622 – 1695 ), and John Dyer from Carmarthenshire ( 1699 – 1757 ).

The son of a clergyman, Wilson was born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire.

His mother was a farmer's daughter from Llansantffraid, Montgomeryshire and had been in service in London.

For example, the Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Powys, with those of Breconshire and Radnorshire each being designated as simply " Lieutenant of Powys ".

A temporary home was found for the school in Montgomeryshire in Mid Wales when Lord Davies, a parent of two of the pupils, allowed the school to use one of his houses there.

From 1605 he was magistrate and appointed sheriff in Montgomeryshire for 1605.

Herbert was the son of Charles Herbert of Aston, Montgomeryshire.

The population of Montgomeryshire was 59, 474 according to the 2001 census.

He was a director of Brecon and Merthyr Railway, J. P. for Montgomeryshire and chairman of the Llandinam School Board.

It was later reported that Gabriela had miscarried the then Montgomeryshire MP's baby.

In 1991, he suggested to the Secretary of State for Wales the use of the traditional county names Radnorshire, Montgomeryshire and Monmouthshire for unitary authorities in Wales In a 1996 debate, declaring he was honorary president of the ABC, he noted his approval of the abolition of the postal counties, meaning that " people who live in places like " Birmingham, Walsall and Coventry can now use in their addresses the ancient pre-1974 counties ".

He was Lord-Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire 1711-14.

He was childless and on his death in 1783 the titles passed to his younger brother, the thirteenth Viscount who moved the principal Welsh seat of the viscountcy from Montgomeryshire to Pencoyd in Brecknockshire.

His son, the second Earl, was also Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire and Shropshire.

Lord Powis was Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire.

Carlile was created a life peer in 1999, as Baron Carlile of Berriew, of Berriew in the County of Powys, having previously been a Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire from 1983 to 1997.