Elfael

<p>Elfael was one of a number of <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Welsh</a> <a href="/facts/Cantref/3EXWR0Tj">cantrefi</a> occupying the region between the <a href="/facts/River_Wye/K8F24VcQ">River Wye</a> and <a href="/facts/River_Severn/sw9KLcCH">river Severn</a>, known as <a href="/facts/Rhwng_Gwy_a_Hafren/84D8Imd5">Rhwng Gwy a Hafren</a>, in the early Middle Ages. It was divided into two <a href="/facts/Commote/ngP1G5tH">commotes</a>, Is Mynydd and Uwch Mynydd, separated by the chain of hills above <a href="/facts/Aberedw/rUVEfj5W">Aberedw</a>. In the <a href="/facts/Late_Middle_Ages/XNtcJjrU">late medieval period</a>, it was a <a href="/facts/Marcher_lord/k4W0KBsB">marcher lordship</a>. However, after the <a href="/facts/Laws_in_Wales_Act_1535/geMbNvx2">Laws in Wales Act 1535</a>, it was one of the territorial units which went to make up the county of <a href="/facts/Radnorshire/7FNrEzXs">Radnorshire</a> in 1536 (the others were <a href="/facts/Gwrtheyrnion/mzGaaELG">Gwrtheyrnion</a>, <a href="/facts/Maelienydd/eRgC7Am1">Maelienydd</a> and Llythyfnwg, the latter being known in English as the lordship of Radnor). 
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