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.

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