Montgomeryshire

[ mont-guhm-uh-ree-sheer, -sher, -guhm-ree- ]

/ mɒntˈgʌm ə riˌʃɪər, -ʃər, -ˈgʌm ri- /

a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.

Also called Montgomery.

Example sentences from the Web for montgomeryshire

Welsh flannels have a high reputation, and make an important industry in Montgomeryshire.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 |Various
This faith was common fifty years ago in Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire.

Welsh Folk-Lore |Elias Owen
A whole pack were recently heard on the borders of Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire.

Welsh Folk-Lore |Elias Owen
In Montgomeryshire, it is customary to rest the corpse on its way to the churchyard under one of these trees of good omen.

Plant Lore, Legends, and Lyrics |Richard Folkard

Thomas Olivers in his autobiography tells us that he was born at Tregonon in Montgomeryshire in 1725.

Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers |William Edward Winks

Montgomeryshire

/ (məntˈɡʌmərɪˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

(until 1974) a county of central Wales, now part of Powys