Ial or Yale was a commote of medieval Wales within the cantref of Maelor in the Kingdom of Powys. When the Kingdom was divided in 1160, Maelor became part of the Princely realm of Powys Fadog, and belonged to the Royal House of Mathrafal. Yale eventually merged with another commote and became the Lordship of Bromfield and Yale, later a royal lordship under the Tudors and Stuarts.
Castell Dinas Bran, North Wales, also known as Castle of Yale
The Neolithic cave next to Castle Tomen y Faerdre, Llanarmon-yn-Yale, c.1795
Pillar of Eliseg, 9th century stone cross next to Valle Crucis Abbey
The Maelor is an area of north-east Wales along the border with England. It is now entirely part of Wrexham County Borough. The name Maelor is an old Welsh word: it can be translated as "land of the prince", from mael ("prince") and llawr.
Medieval commotes of Wales, with Maelor, only covering English Maelor in the north-east.