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Guilsfield ({{lang-cy|Cegidfa}}, {{abbr|lit.|Literally}} "Hemlock-field") is a village and local government community in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. It lies beside Guilsfield Brook about three miles north of Welshpool. It is located on the B4392 road and a disused branch of the Montgomery Canal starts nearby. The community has an area of {{convert|30.01|sqkm|abbr=on}} and had a population of 1,640 in 2001.^[1] rising to 1,727 in 2011.

Name

The Welsh name of the village was first recorded in the 12th century as {{lang|owl|Kegitua}}. The English name was first recorded in 1278 as "Guildesfelde". It may be named after a person (i.e., "Gyldi's field") or could mean "gold field".^[2]

History

There are several large houses in the area including Maesmawr Hall which dates from 1692 and Trawscoed Hall from 1777.^[1] In 1862, a hoard of metalwork from the late Bronze Age was discovered near the village. It contained over 120 pieces such as swords, spearheads, and axes.^[3]

Church

The parish church is dedicated to Saint Aelhaiarn, but has sometimes been erroneously recorded as dedicated to Saint Giles, All Saints, and Saint Tysilio.^[4] The tower of the present church dates to about 1300.^[1] Although the feast of Saint Aelhaiarn is recorded as 2 November, his local fair was traditionally held six days later on the 8th.^[4]

See also

Soccer

Guilsfield has a football team, Guilsfield F.C., which plays in the Cymru Alliance league.

References

1. ^¹²Davies, John; Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines & Peredur I. Lynch (2008) The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, University of Wales Press, Cardiff.
2. ^Owen, Hywel Wyn & Richard Morgan (2007) Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales, Gomer Press, Llandysul, Ceredigion.
3. ^Barker, Louise (2008) Guilsfield Hoard, Coflein.
4. ^¹Baring-Gould, Sabine & al. [https://archive.org/stream/livesofbritishsa01bariuoft#page/102/mode/2up The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain, Vol. I, pp. 101 ff]. Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 18 Nov 2014.