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Llanfyllin
Llanfyllin is a tiny market community, area and electoral ward in a sparsely-populated location in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could talk Welsh. Llanfyllin indicates church or church (llan) of St Myllin ('m' often mutates to 'f' in Welsh). The community depends on the valley of the River Cain near the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Oswestry and also 15 miles (24 km) from Montgomery. The River Cain is joined by the little River Abel in Llanfyllin (probably named after Cain as well as Abel in the Bible), as well as meanders with the valley, streaming into the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid. The community exists between Shrewsbury and Bala, for a very long time the crucial market towns around of Wales and also the Welsh borders. At close-by Bodyddon there is evidence of an early British settlement. Llanfyllin might be the "Mediolanum amongst the Ordovices" explained in Ptolemy's Geography (c.? ad 150), although others argue for Meifod or Caersws. The town is understood for its divine well, Fynnon Coed y Llan. The well is committed to Saint Myllin, that is reputed to have actually baptised people right here in the 6th century. The parish church is likewise committed to Saint Myllin. There is a practice that Saint Myllin is the Irish bishop, Saint Mo Ling (likewise named Moling Luachra) (614-- 697). Nonetheless, this is uncertain. There is no record of Mo Ling taking a trip to Wales, and there is a tradition that Myllin is hidden under the altar of Llanfyllin church whereas Mo Ling is thought to have been buried at his monastery in Ireland.