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Powys, kingdom of
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Powys, kingdom of A Welsh kingdom that survived the English conquest as part of the march of Wales. The first reference to Powys dates from the 9th cent. Its kings claimed descent from northern Britons, a royal centre at ‘Pengwern’ (?Shrewsbury), and a role in resisting early English invaders. There does seem to have been a kingdom covering central Wales and modern Shropshire whose eastern part was overrun by Mercians from the mid‐7th cent. Powys withstood encroachments from England and
Gwynedd throughout its existence, although the Welsh custom of partible inheritance caused rivalries among the ruling family.
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Powys Teaching Health Board uses Datix to record bed sore incidents and their treatment - leading to improved patient care; Health Board in Britain's second largest county uses web incident management software to record incidents of pressure sores, enabling clinical teams to act faster.
M2 Presswire; 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...PRESSWIRE-17 November 2009-Datix Ltd: Powys Teaching Health Board uses Datix to record...and risk management, has announced that Powys Teaching Healthcare Board (THB) is using...to take. Since starting to use Datix, Powys claims that it has been able to improve...
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Narrative progression and receptivity: John Cowper Powys's A Glastonbury Romance.
Magazine article from: Narrative; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...10). Many authors whom John Cowper Powys particularly admired, such as James Joyce...to the influence of his contemporaries, Powys composed several digressive, improbable...at interpretation. The neglect shown to Powys's work by most scholars and teachers...
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Hot shopping tips for Powys shoppers.
M2 Presswire; 2/28/2005; 700+ words
; ...UK Government: Hot shopping tips for Powys shoppers(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:28022005 Shoppers in Powys are being targeted by the OFT with hot...will be joined by representatives from Powys Trading Standards and Consumer Direct Wales...
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North Powys free of foot-and-mouth; OUTBREAK: South Wales Valleys, Monmouthshire and South Powys risk-status downgraded.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/23/2001; 700+ words
; Byline: SHEILA COLEMAN NORTH Powys has emerged from the nightmare of foot...disease. From midnight last night North Powys, the worst hit area in Wales, became...foot-and-mouth free", with South Powys, Monmouthshire and the South Wales Valleys...
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Obituary: Ursula Powys-Lybbe
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/26/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...1947, the English photographer Ursula Powys-Lybbe set off for the Australian outback...but rugged ex-army Dodge command car, Powys-Lybbe enjoyed an idyll of freedom. With...when the portrait sessions were over, Powys-Lybbe made an Australian documentary...
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Cyngor Sir Powys County Council [...]; Public Sector.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 11/26/2009; 494 words
; Cyngor Sir Powys County Council www.powys.gov.uk Rydyn ni'n chwilio am greadur go arbennig Clybiau...chi yw'r person i ni. Swydd bartneriaeth gyda Chyngor Sir Powys yw hon. Dyddiad cau: 3ydd Rhagfyr 2009. We're looking for...
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Powys cuts could herald job losses across Wales.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 3/9/2006; 700+ words
; ...and worried parents have been lobbying Powys councillors against cuts in the county...schools, children and young people in Powys. 'We have been told that the schools' delegated budget in Powys for 2006-2007 will be cut by 2.5...
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Powys tops the low-pay league.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 12/14/2004; 700+ words
; ...weekly earnings of full-time workers in Powys is the lowest region of all at pounds 369...led to low levels of pay in Wales. In Powys 20% of the population is employed in agriculture...fact that a huge number of people from Powys and Gwynedd are employed in tourism and...
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Letter: Powys back into the dark ages.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 10/1/2008; 583 words
; ...the switch-off of many street lights in Powys. The authority has most certainly put...an indictment indeed. I have lived in Powys (and previously in the Breconshire area...money" and it does indeed look as though Powys County Council needs to do what it says...
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Powys patients' lottery.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 7/24/2003; 526 words
; PATIENTS in Powys are treated differently depending on which...inspectors found. The CHI report into Powys Local Health Boards will also today reveal...on equipment. The routine inspection in Powys was fast-tracked following concerns about...
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Powys
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Powys [L pagenses , (land of the) country...the territories of the ancient Carnovii, Powys reached its apogee during the reign of King...for the welcome it extended to minstrels, Powys was called the ‘Garden of Wales...
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Powys, kingdom of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Powys, kingdom of. A Welsh kingdom that survived...the Cornovii ; but the first reference to Powys dates from the 9th cent. Its kings claimed...overrun by Mercians from the mid-7th cent. Powys withstood encroachments from England and...
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John Cowper Powys
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Cowper Powys , 1872-1963, British author and lecturer...and A Glastonbury Romance (1932), Powys also wrote poetry and lectured on literature...Collins (1966) and G. Cavaliero (1973). Powys was one of an extraordinary family of writers...
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Powys, John Cowper
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Powys, John Cowper (1872–1963), brother of Llewelyn and Theodore Powys , was brought up in the Dorset–Somerset...young. Most of the later novels, written after Powys had settled in Wales, share an extravagance of...
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Powys, T. F.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Powys, T. F. ( Theodore Francis Powys ) (1875–1953), brother of John Cowper and Llewelyn Powys . East Chaldon, Dorset, provided the background to most of his novels and stories. His works include Soliloquies of a Hermit (1916...
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