| Country | Wales |
|---|---|
| Welsh name | Tal-y-bont |
| Coordinates | 52.66°N 3.12°W |
| Unitary wales | Powys |
| Constituency welsh assembly | Montgomeryshire |
| Constituency westminster | Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr[1] |
| Os grid reference | SJ2408 |
| Static image | Entering Buttington - geograph.org.uk - 827747.jpg |
| Static image width | 240px |
Buttington (Welsh: Tal-y-bont)[2] is a village in Powys, Wales, less than 3 km from Welshpool and about 300 m from the River Severn, in the community of Trewern. The Montgomery Canal passes through the village.[3] The village stands on a slight rise above the river's floodplain, by the ancient ford called Rhyd-y-groes, where Offa's Dyke meets the Severn. The ford retained strategic value: reportedly in 1039 a battle took place here between Welsh and English forces.[4] All Saints Church is a Grade I listed building.[5]
The Battle of Buttington
At Buttington in 893 a combined Welsh and Mercian army under Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians, defeated a Danish army which had marched from Essex. This was the decisive battle in the war against the Viking invasion of the 890s.[6][7] The Buttington Oak stood near the village until February 2018 and was said to have been planted by local people to commemorate the battle.[8]
Notable people
- Sir William Boyd Dawkins FRS FSA FGS (1837–1929), geologist and archaeologist.[9]
References
- ^ "Location of Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr". parliament.uk. July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Welsh Place-names: Tal-y-bont : Buttington". People's Collection Wales
- ^ GEOnet Names Server (GNS)
- ^ Buttington, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
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- ^ *Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2013). Wales and the Britons 350-1064. Oxford University Press. pp. 507–508. ISBN 978-0-19-821731-2.
- ^ Smyth, Alfred P. (1987). Scandinavian York and Dublin. Irish Academic Press. pp. 33–35. ISBN 0-7165-2365-5.
- ^ "1,000-year-old oak on Offa's Dyke falls". BBC News. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Vol. 7. p. 873.