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Forden () is a village near Welshpool in Powys, Wales, formerly in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. It forms part of the community (and community council) of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with the neighbouring settlements of Trelystan, Leighton and Kingswood.

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Instance of
village
Official name
Forden
Located in
Powys
Population
1426
Image
St Michaels, Forden - geograph.org.uk - 1163084.jpg
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OS grid reference
SJ227010
Commons category
Forden
historic county
Montgomeryshire
different from
Fordon
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Beinasco
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Forden () is a village near Welshpool in Powys, Wales, formerly in the historic county of Montgomeryshire. It forms part of the community (and community council) of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan with the neighbouring settlements of Trelystan, Leighton and Kingswood.

Looking down on the parish is the Long Mountain, which stretches north eastwards from Forden through the border between Montgomeryshire and Shropshire, England.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Forden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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