In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Llanfechain like this:
LLANFECHAN, a village and a parish in Llanfyllin district, Montgomery. The village stands on the river C ain, adjacent to the Llanfyllin railway, 3½ miles E of Llanfyllin; and has a station on the railway, and a postoffice under Oswestry.—The parish contains the townships of Bodyvol, Trerllan-Issa, Trerllan-Ucha, Tre-Lys, and Ystymynnon. ...
Acres, 4,462. Rated property, £4,392. Pop., 649. Houses, 141. The property is much subdivided. Bodyvol House is the seat of R. B. M. Maurice, Esq.; Bryngwyn is the scat of M. Williams, Esq.; and Brongain was the seat of the Griffiths. There are ancient British camps, and a reputed holy well. The living is a rectory in the diocese of St..Asaph. Value, £530.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £12.
Llanfechain through time
Llanfechain is now part of Powys district. Click here for graphs and data of how Powys has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Llanfechain itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Llanfechain, in Powys and Montgomeryshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3053
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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