Welcome

Gathering the Jewels features over 30,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, archives and libraries throughout Wales.

Search the map

Thumbnail image of Wales,

New to Gathering the Jewels is G.I.S. A geographical search facility that will enable searching by location and place name.

Topics

Home » Law and Order » Militia » Montgomeryshire Militia

Displaying results 1 to 6 out of 6

Page 1

  • The water wheel of a corn mill can be seen next to the locks, with a coal wharf alongside it. The thatched cottage on the left was part of Sergeants' Row, a terrace of cottages built by the Earl of Powis to house the families of militia sergeants during the Napoleonic Wars. The wharf building in the right foreground now houses the Powysland Museum.
Montgomery canal, Welshpool, c. 1902
  • A parade in Welshpool to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in June 1897, including men of the Montgomeryshire Militia, the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, and the South Wales Borderers.
Diamond Jubilee parade, Welshpool, 1897
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry in Severn Street, Welshpool, c. 1900
Montgomeryshire Yeomanry in Welshpool, c. 1900
  • The row of cottages known as Sergeants' Row stood near the canal at Welshpool. These were built as housing for local militia sergeants and their families during the Napoleonic Wars of the 19th century, and were later used by war veterans. The half-timbered and thatched cottages have not survived, and were clearly in poor condition at the time of this photograph.
Sergeants' Row, Welshpool
  • A wide panoramic photograph featuring a line-up of heavy horses in Welshpool. The occasion is not identified but may be an inspection of animals for purchase by the Montgomeryshire Militia, who used draught horses as well as riding horses.
Heavy horses, Welshpool, 1906