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LLANRHAIADR-YN-MOCHNANT, a village and a parish in the district of Llanfyllin and counties of Montgomery and Denbigh. The village stands on the Denbighshire side of Llanrhaiadr rivulet, at the boundary between the counties, 4 miles NNW of Llanfyllin r. station; is a small but beautifully situated place; and has a post office, of the name of Llanrhaiadr, under Oswestry, a good inn, and fairs on the first Friday of March, 5 May, 24 July, 28 Sept., and 8 Nov. The parish contains also the townships of Aber-Marchnant, Brithdir, Castellmoch, Cefn-Coch, Glanavon-fach, Glanavon-fawr, and Nantfyllon, in Montgomeryshire, and the townships of Llanrhaiadr, Benhadlaf-Isaf, Benhadlaf-Uchaf, Gartheryr, Henfache, Homlet, Trebrys-fach, Trebrys-fawr, Trefeiliw, and Trewern in Denbighshire. Acres, 23,294. Rated property, £11,217. Pop. of the Montgomery portion, in 1851,989; in 1861,772. Houses, 181. The decrease of pop. arose mainly from the removal of miners. Pop. of the Denbigh portion, in 1851,1,539; in 1861, 1,532. Houses, 325. The property is much subdivided. The surface is largely upland; includes some grand scenery; and culminates, at the boundary with Merioneth, on the summit of Cader-Berwyn, which has an altitude of 2,562 feet. The Rhaiadr rivulet issues from a small tarn called Llyn-Caws, in a deep coom at the skirt of Cader-Berwyn; traverses a deep and savage glen to the vicinity of the village; falls, soon afterwards, into the Tanat; and has altogether. a southeasterly course of about 6 miles. A remarkable waterfall, called PistyllRhaiadr, occurs on it, about 1½ mile from its source; is flanked and overhung by dark and barren masses of rock and mountain; slides, for about 160 feet, down a smooth face of naked rock; and breaks thence into a tumultuous cataract, of about 80 feet, through a natural arch and a mural chasm. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £520. * Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is tolerable. There are chapels for Independents and Calvinistic Methodists, an endowed school with £20 a year, and other charities £90. Bishop Morgan, who translated the Bible into Welsh, Bishop Lloyd, and Dean Powell, were vicars.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant ParPart/CP Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant CP/ParPart Llanrhaiadr Yn Mochnant AP Denbighshire AncC Montgomeryshire AncC |
| Place: | Llanrhaeadr Ym Mochnant |
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