Llanfyllin

Llanfyllin is a small town in Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's population in 2011 was 1,532 according to the UK 2011 census. (At the date of the 2001 Census the population was 1,407, of which over half have knowledge of the Welsh language).

Geography

The town lies in a valley by the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Oswestry, 15 miles (24 km) from Montgomery, and 180 miles (290 km) from London. The valley is meanered by two streams, named the rivers Cain and Abel, tributaries which join the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid.

History

The town sits on the main route between Shrewsbury and Bala, Gwynedd, long time key markets towns in this trading area of Wales and the Welsh borders. In the suburb of Bodyddon, there exists evidence of both an early Britons settlement, and a Roman road which leads directly towards Offas Dyke. Although the Mediolanum of the Antonine Itinerary has since been identified as Whitchurch in Shropshire, Llanfyllin may be the Mediolanum among the Ordovices described in Ptolemy's Geography, although others argue for Meifod or Caersws.