Llanfyllin
Llanfyllin is a small market community, neighborhood as well as electoral ward in a sparsely-populated location in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could speak Welsh. Llanfyllin means church or parish (llan) of St Myllin ('m' often alters to 'f' in Welsh). The town depends on the valley of the River Cain near the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire, 14 miles (23 kilometres) southwest of Oswestry and 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Montgomery. The River Cain is joined by the little River Abel in Llanfyllin (most likely named after Cain as well as Abel in the Bible), and twists through the valley, flowing right into the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid. The town exists between Shrewsbury and also Bala, for a very long time the crucial market towns in this field of Wales and also the Welsh borders. At nearby Bodyddon there is proof of a very early British settlement. Llanfyllin may be the "Mediolanum amongst the Ordovices" defined in Ptolemy's Geography (c.? ad 150), although others argue for Meifod or Caersws. The town is known for its holy well, Fynnon Coed y Llan. The well is committed to Saint Myllin, who is considered to have baptised people right here in the 6th century. The parish church is additionally committed to Saint Myllin. There is a custom that Saint Myllin is the Irish diocesan, Saint Mo Ling (likewise called Moling Luachra) (614-- 697). Nevertheless, this is uncertain. There is no record of Mo Ling taking a trip to Wales, as well as there is a tradition that Myllin is hidden under the altar of Llanfyllin church whereas Mo Ling is thought to have been hidden at his abbey in Ireland.
