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LLANFYLLIN, a small town, a parish, a district, and a hundred, in Montgomeryshire. The town stands on the river Cain, at the terminus of a branch of the Cambrian railway, 9 miles W by S of the j unction of that branch with the main line at Llanymynech, and 15 N W by N of Montgomery; is a neat and pleasant place, with a principal street running E and W; was chartered by Llewelyn ap Grufydd, in the time of Edward II.; is governed by a high steward, a recorder, 2 bailiffs, 14 burgesses, a town-clerks, and 2 sergeants-at-arms, unites with Montgomery, Welshpool, Newtown, Llanidloes, and Machynlleth, in sending a member to parliaMent; is a seat of petty sessions and county courts; and has a post office, ‡ under Oswestry, a railway station, a banking office, a hotel, a bridge over the Cain, a town hall, a church, four dissenting chapels, national and British schools, an endowed school with £133 a year, a workhouse, and charities £25. The town hall is a neat brick building, with a market-place underneath. The church is dedicated to St. Myllin, was rebuilt in 1706, and is noted for its peal of bells. The workhouse has accommodation for 150 inmates. A weekly market is held on Thursday; fairs are held on the Wednesday before Easter, 24 May, 28 June, 10 Aug., 5 Oct., and 8 Dec.; tanning, malting, and brewing are carried on; and the ale or "cwrw" produced by the brewing is the subject of a local proverb, that ' ' old ale fills Llanfyllin with young widows. ''Pop. of the town, in 1861,1,068. Houses, 261.
The parish includes the townships of Bachie, Bodfach, Bodran, Bodyddon, Brynelltyn, Cammon, Garthgell, Globwll, Greenhall, Nanthalam, Rhinwnachor, and Rhyscog. Acres, 7,923. Real property, £11,752. Pop. in 1851,1,932; in 1861,1,880. Llwyn, situated close to the town, is the seat of J. Dugdale, Esq. Bodfach belonged to the Kyffins, passed to the Mostyns, and is now the seat of J. Lomax, Esq.; and it was occupied, at one time, by Lord Castlemaine, the ambassador of James II. to the Pope. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £650.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. T. Richards, a distinguished latinist, was rector. Charles I. was at Llanfyllin, in 1644, on his way to Chirk Castle.
The district comprehends the sub-district of Llansaintffraid, containing the parishes of Llanfyllin, Llansaintffraid, Llanfechan, Meifod, Llandrinio, Llandysilio, Guilsfield, and the Carreghofa township of Llanymynech; the sub-district of Llanfair, containing the parishes of Llanfair-Caereinion, Llangyniew, Llanerfyl, Llangadfan. Garthbeibio, and Llanfihangel; and the sub-district of Llanrhaiadr, containing the parishes of Hirnant, Llanwddyn, Pennant, Llangynog, Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, Llanarmon-Mynydd-mawr, Llancadwalladr, and Llangedwin,-the fifth partly and the three last wholly in electoral Denbighshire. Acres, 187,870. Poor rates in 1863, £10,526. Pop. in 1 851,21,935; in 1861,21,699. Houses, 4,403. Marriages in 1863,136; births, 605,- of which 93 were illegitimate; deaths, 443,-of which 120 were at ages under 5 years, and 21 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 1,296: births, 5,513; deaths, 3,895. The places of worship, in 1851, were 20 of the Church of England, with 5,822 sittings; 25 of Independents, with 4,005 s.; 5 of Baptists, with 555 s.; 29 of Calvinistic Methodists, with 3,509 s.; 36 of Wesleyan Methodists, with 5,455 s.; 1 of Primitive Methodists, with 70 s.; and 1 undefined with 100 s.; The schools were 19 public day schools, with 1,299 scholars; 9 private day schools, with 260 s.; and 93 Sunday schools, with 5,865 s.-The hundred contains seven parishes, and part of another. Acres, 62,955. Pop. in 1851,7,858; in 1861,7,545. Houses, 1,537.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town, a parish, a district, and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Llanfyllin AP/CP Llanfyllin Hundred Llanfyllin RegD/PLU Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanfyllin |
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