Llanfyllin
Llanfyllin is a small market community, community and 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 indicates church or parish (llan) of St Myllin ('m' regularly 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 (presumably named after Cain and Abel in the Bible), and meanders through the valley, moving into the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid. The community exists in between Shrewsbury and Bala, for a very long time the key market communities in this area of Wales and also the Welsh borders. At neighboring Bodyddon there is evidence of a very early British settlement. Llanfyllin might be the "Mediolanum amongst the Ordovices" described in Ptolemy's Location (c.? advertisement 150), although others argue for Meifod or Caersws. The community is understood for its holy well, Fynnon Coed y Llan. The well is devoted to Saint Myllin, who is reputed to have baptised people below in the sixth century. The parish church is additionally committed to Saint Myllin. There is a tradition that Saint Myllin is the Irish diocesan, Saint Mo Ling (additionally called Moling Luachra) (614-- 697). Nonetheless, this doubts. There is no record of Mo Ling taking a trip to Wales, as well as there is a practice that Myllin is buried under the church of Llanfyllin church whereas Mo Ling is thought to have actually been hidden at his abbey in Ireland.
