Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGYNOG

LLANGYNOG, a village and a parish in Llanfyllin district, Montgomery. The village stands at the confluence of the rivers Tanat and Earth, on a picturesque site, under lofty hills, 7½ miles NW of Llanfyllin r. station; and has a post office under Oswestry, and fairs on 6 May, 9 Aug., and 3 Sept. The parish includes the townships of Tre-y-Llan and Tre-Rhiwarth. Acres, 3,223. Real property, £1,244; of which £300 are in quarries. Pop., 601. Houses, 125. Llechweddgarth is a chief residence. Craig-Rhiwarth soars murally above the N side of the village; and a lofty, though less abrupt, hill range, shelters it on the S. The rocks are of the Llandilo flag formation; include black slates and calcareous flagstones; have strata from 400 to 500 feet thick: and are richly charged with fossils. A lead mine was opened in 1692, at Craig-y-Mwyn; belonged to the Poway's family; was worked, for many years, at an annual profit of about £20,000; suffered an irruption of water, which stopped its operations; was resumed, after a time, by a company; and has subsequently been worked with varying success. There are likewise other mines, and a slate quarry. A project has been ventilated to prolong the Llanfyllin railway to Llangynog. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value, £126.* Patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is dedicated to St. Cynog. Remains of an ancient chapel of St. Monocella are at Pennant-Melangell.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llangynog AP/CP       Llanfyllin RegD/PLU       Montgomeryshire AncC
Place: Llangynog

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