Radnorshire

[ rad-ner-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈræd nərˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

a historic county in Powys, in E Wales.

Also called Radnor.

Example sentences from the Web for radnorshire

Llewellyn, fearing probably to be shut up and starved out in his fastness, left Snowdon and passed into Radnorshire.

The Children of Westminster Abbey |Rose G. Kingsley
A whole pack were recently heard on the borders of Radnorshire and Montgomeryshire.

Welsh Folk-Lore |Elias Owen
Then he retired to an estate which he owned in the parish of Houghton in Radnorshire, bearing the curious name of Siluria.

The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck |Thomas Longueville
A district of Radnorshire, forming the present hundred of Rhaindr.

Old English Chronicles |Various

Fitzjames paid an annual visit to the house where Venables lived with his brother at Llysdinam, on the border of Radnorshire.

The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. |Sir Leslie Stephen

Radnorshire

/ (ˈrædnəˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

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