City, Powys

City
City
 City shown within Powys
OS grid referenceSO210899
Principal areaPowys
Ceremonial countyPowys
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town NEWTOWN
Postcode district SY16
Dialling code 01686
Police Dyfed-Powys
Fire Mid and West Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentMontgomeryshire
Welsh AssemblyMontgomeryshire
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Coordinates: 52°30′06″N 3°09′50″W / 52.5017°N 3.1639°W / 52.5017; -3.1639

City is a hamlet in Powys, Wales.

Geography

City is 0.75 miles (1.21 km) from the small village of Sarn (which is situated on the A489 road) and is on the slopes up to the Clun Forest and the English border, which is only 1.2 miles (1.9 km) to the southeast. The hamlet is situated in a small valley, at an elevation of between 210 metres (690 ft) to 230 metres (750 ft) above sea level.[1]

City is just off the minor road that leads from Sarn up to the Kerry Ridgeway and further to Bishop's Castle, a market town 7.5 miles (12.1 km) distant, in Shropshire. The two nearer towns however are historic Montgomery5.2 miles (8.4 km) away — and (the larger) Newtown, which is 7.1 miles (11.4 km) to the west.[1]

At present, 11 dwellings comprise the core of the hamlet (though one is dilapidated) as well as three outlying isolated houses.[1] There are a number of small, disused quarries in the area. Today the landscape is a mixture of woodland and pasture. The local economy is largely based on agriculture and forestry.

There is a Royal Mail post box with a daily collection Monday-Saturday,[2] and the hamlet's postcode is SY16 4HH.

Bachaethlon

The farming settlement of Bachaethlon, looking towards the northwest.

A separate and historic settlement called Bachaethlon lies just to the north of City, on the other side of the Sarn-Bishop's Castle road.[3] Bachaethlon lies on more level ground, at an elevation of 200 metres (660 ft). It consists of 6 dwellings and many agricultural buildings.[1] Anglicised spellings include "Bahaithlon" and "Bahaillon".

Governance

The area forms part of the Kerry community (in the ward of Sarn)[4] and for Powys County Council the electoral division/ward of Kerry.[5] It falls in the historic county of Montgomeryshire.

Origin of the name

The hamlet has never held the status of a city and "City" is not a recognisable Welsh word, so its origin is unclear. It is possible that the name came from an Anglicisation of Saith Tŷ, which is Welsh for "Seven Houses".

There is another place in Wales called City, in the Vale of Glamorgan, as well as City Dulas in Anglesey.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ordnance Survey mapping
  2. Dracos.co.uk Postboxes in SY16
  3. Geograph.org.uk SO2190 : The settlement at Bachaethlon
  4. Powys County Council Kerry boundary review
  5. Ordnance Survey Election Maps
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