This is a photo of a parish church in a little village in Wales, along the western boundaries of England. Presteigne is a small village and I was reading an article on the internet and discovered that apparently my family originated from this little village, many decades ago. Unfortunately, the other thing this town and the county or shire in which it is located is know for is that it apparently is the poorest county in Britian. There is no industry to speak of and I don't know what they do otherwise, but I suppose there was a reason why my ancient ancestors moved from there to Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. I'm sure they did better along the way, even if my ancestor got kicked out later and sent to Virginia.
Sometimes those bad turns lead to good things. I am sure Presteigne is charming, but I am glad to be an American with Welsh ancestory, rather than the other way around.
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