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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

In 1868, the parish of Llanrhaiadr yn Mochnant contained the following places:

"LLANRHAIADR-YN-MOCHNANT, a parish partly in the hundred of Clark, county Denbigh, and partly in that of Llanfyllin, county Montgomery, 4 miles N.W. of Llanfyllin, and 4 S.W. of Llanarmon. Oswestry is its post town. It is situated in a vale, on the banks of the Rhaiadr, an affluent of the Tanat, which takes its rise a little higher up in a small tarn, called Llyn Caws, lying in a deep cwm at the foot of Cader Berwyn. The parish is large, embracing seventeen townships, among the principal of which are Cefn Coch and Gartheryr. The district is mountainous, and the people are chiefly employed in the collieries, slate quarries, and in flannel-weaving. About 4 miles from the village, which is small, containing one inn, the Wynnstay Arms, is a waterfall, called Pistyll Rhaiadr. This is said to be the most lofty cataract in North Wales, having a fall of upwards of 240 feet in height. For about two-thirds of this space the water slides down the flat face of a naked rock; it then rages through a natural arch, and passing between two prominent sides, falls into a basin. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph, value £520, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Dogvan. This living has been held by bishops Morgan and Lloyd, and by Dean Powell, the first of whom translated the Welsh Bible. The parochial endowments, including £20 to Powell's school, produce about £110 per annum. Fairs are held on the first Friday in March, 5th May, 24th July, 28th September, and 8th November."

"BENHADLAF (Isaf and Uchaf) townships in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, hundred of Chirk, in the county of Denbigh, North Wales, 9 miles to the S.W. of Chirk."

"GARTHERYR, a township in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, county Denbigh, North Wales, 2 miles N. of Llanfyllin."

"HENFACHE, a township in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, county Denbigh, 4 miles N.W. of Llanfyllin. It is situated on the river Tanat, near the Pistyll Rhidr Falls, which are above 200 feet."

"HOMLET, a township in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, county Denbigh, 4 miles N. of Llanfyllin."

"TREBRYS FACH and TREBRYS FAWR, townships in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, county Denbigh, 4 miles N.W. of Llanfyllin."

"TREFEILIW, a township in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, county Denbigh, 4 miles N.W. of Llanfyllin."

"TREWERN, a township in the parish of Llanrhaiadr-yn-Mochnant, county Denbigh, 4 miles N. of Llanfyllin."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018