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Ewyas Lacy


Ewyas Lacy was the name given by the Norman conquerors to an area of Welsh land anciently known as Ewyas, which was claimed by the de Lacy family as overlords. Flanked by the Black Mountains, Ewyas Lacy was frontier country in the Marches of Wales until brought into England and the county of Herefordshire in the 16th century, when some ten parishes were designated the Hundred of Ewyas Lacy... [More]
 

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Ewyas Lacy Castle [Longtown]
 
 
 

The Lordship of Ewyas Lacy

The descent of the Lordship from Norman times to the present day

 

 The Maescoeds

The origins and development of the lands between the  Escley River and the Dulas Brook


Ewyas Lacy in pictures

A selection of photographs of the landscape and historical features of the area

  Map by Saxton, 1577