Llanfechain
Llanfechain is a tiny village as well as area in Powys, Wales, in between Llanfyllin as well as Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain on the B4393 road. Historically it belonged to Montgomeryshire. Afon Cain runs through the town. It has a population of less than 500. Llanfechain might imply "parish or church (llan) of the Cain valley" (from Llan ym Mach Cain indicating "church in the field or plain of the Cain" to Llan ym Mechain and afterwards Llan-mechain, which comes to be Llanfechain as a result of the typical mutation of'm' to 'f' in Welsh). However, it could additionally suggest "little (fechan) church or church (llan)". Punctuations of placenames vary substantially with time, so small variants such as chain/cain and also fechain/fechan are plausible. The name in the form Llanveccheyn is first come across in 1254. It has actually additionally been known as Llanarmon-ym-Mechain, ym-Mechain describes its location in the medieval cantref of Mechain, therefore 'Church of St Garmon in Mechain'.
