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"LLANRHAIADR YN MOCHNANT (LLAN-RHAIADR-YN-MOCHNANT), a parish composed of the Lower division, in the Cynlleth and Mochnant division of the hundred of CHIRK, county of DENBIGH, and the Upper portion, in the upper division of the hundred of LLANVYLLIN, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 12 miles (W. by S.) from Oswestry, and containing 2344 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises an extent of about eight thousand acres, of which four thousand six hundred are in the Lower, and three thousand four hundred in. the Upper, division, is intersected by the river Moch, ... which here separates the counties of Denbigh and Montgomery ... The church, dedicated to St. Dogvan, and. situated in that portion of the parish which is in the county of Denbigh, ... Llanarmon-Mynydd-Mawr, formerly an integral part of this parish, has been separated from it and now forms a distinct parish. The neighbouring churches of Llancadwaladr, Llangedwin, and Llanwddyn, were originally also dependent chapels on the mother church of Llanrhaiadr, from which they are respectively distant nine, four, and eight miles. There are places of worship in the village for Independents, and for Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
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The main page for this parish is included in Denbighshire
According to Archdeacon Thomas, the parish of Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant at one time included the parishes of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, Llangadwaladr, Llangedwyn; and part of Llanwddyn (in Montgomeryshire).
The townships of the parish of Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant which were in the pre-1974 county of Montgomery were: Abermarchnant, Brithdir, Castellmoch, Cefn Coch, Glanhafon Fach, Glanhafon Fawr and Nantfyllon.
The townships which were in the pre-1974 county of Denbigh were: Banhadla Ucha, Banhadla Isa, Gartheryr, Henfachau, Trebrys Fawr, Trebrys Fach, Trefeiliw, Tre'r-Llan and Tre-Wern.
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Gosen Independent Sunday School (Pedair-Ffordd), Pedair-Ffordd |
Tabernacle Independent Chapel, Llanrhaeadr-Ym-Mochnant |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Parish (whole) statistics; Area 23294 acres;
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Church, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant - on the People's Collection Wales site
Bethesda chapel (CM), Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant - on the People's Collection Wales site
Wesleyan chapel, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant - on the People's Collection Wales site
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas. Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). Here is the entry from this book for Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant chapel (in Welsh ) - with translation by Maureen Saycell (Feb 2010)
Various landscape photographs of the area and surrounds - on the People's Collection Wales site
LLANRHAIADR YN MOCHNANT - Extract from A Topgraphical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant to another place.
Various historic photographs - on the People's Collection Wales site
- A street scene in Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant; numerous individuals standing around the street
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant horse fair c 1885
- Plough Inn, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Market square, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Vicarage bridge, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Cottage loaves baked in an ancient oven at Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, 5 January 1955
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SJ091256 (Lat/Lon: 52.820521, -3.349886), Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant which are provided by:
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Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Women's Institute leather work class, 1948 & Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Womens' Institute dinner - on the People's Collection Wales site