Whitton (;

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: ) is a village and a

community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

Radnorshire Radnorshire () was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974, later becoming a Districts of Wales, district of Powys from 1974 to 1996. It covered a sparsely populat ...

Powys Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremo ...

, Wales. It is located on the B4356 road south of Knighton. Hamlets in the community include Rhos-y-meirch and

Pilleth Pilleth () is a small village south of Knighton, Powys, Knighton in Powys, Wales in the traditional county of Radnorshire. It is the site of the ancient Church (building), church and holy well of St. Mary’s which stands on Bryn Glas Hill overlook ...

. The community's

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in 2011 was 348. Whitton church - geograph

St Mary's church is a grade II* listed building. The community is part of the Llangunllo

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for elections to

Powys County Council Powys County Council () is the local authority for Powys, one of the 22 principal areas of Wales. The council is based at County Hall in Llandrindod Wells. History The county of Powys was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act ...

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