The End of an Era

This year we are preparing for the major refurbishment of our magnificent old building.

To mark this special occasion we are also updating our equally old, if slightly less magnificent web site. Yes, the quaint old blue, red and yellow pages are going, soon to be replaced by shiny new ones with all manor of snazzy new doohickeys, whatnots and thingamambobs to enhance your browsing pleasure.

You will still find the same irreverent (and sometimes irrelevant) ramblings, only now they'll be wrapped up in a glitzy new package full of wonderfully webtastic, widget fuelled wizardry... WWWatch this space!

A Public Apology...

For the past five or so years that this site has been on-line, we've posted a 'History Page' that was, to be brutaly frank, not terribly 'Historical'. The original page was published based on material that was available at the time, and not on any dedicated research. This lead to misunderstandings (which were, to be fair to us, backed up by other sources) and other fundamental errors.

With the launch of the new site (due any day now, with a bit of luck and a following wind!) we aim to correct these mistakes, and back up our new history page with verified sources and hard evidence. This desire to "Get it Right" is what has been taking the time to get the new design out there, along with other, more technical issues we've faced.

We would like to publicly state here that the majority of the details given on the History page are basically inaccurate. These details are mirrored on Wikipedia (one of our original sources), and therefor these details are also wrong. We would like to appologise for any inconvenience or distress caused by the publishing of these details, and to thank the many people that have assisted in the researching of the real and true history of what is a marvelous and fascinating old building.

Particular thanks must go to:

1. The Judges Lodging
2. Keith Parker (local author and historian)
3. The Presteigne TIC
4. The Powys Archives

The research into the history of The Radnorshire Arms will be an ongoing affair, as there are still things which we don't know, and feel are important enough to warrant further research. We will, of course, keep you updated on these developments.