Llanymynech
Llanymynech is a village straddling the boundary between Montgomeryshire/Powys, Wales, as well as Shropshire, England, regarding 9 miles (14 km) north of the Welsh town of Welshpool. The name is Welsh for "Church of the Monks". The village is on the banks of the river Vyrnwy, and also the Montgomery Canal passes through it. The boundary competes the most part along the frontages of the buildings on the eastern (English) side of the village's main street, with the eastern fifty percent of the town in England and also the western fifty percent in Wales. The Church of England parish church of St Agatha exists simply in England, although the entire village hinges on the exact same clerical church. The boundary likewise passed right through the now shut Lion pub, which had 2 bars in Shropshire as well as one in Montgomeryshire. At one time Welsh counties were described as "damp" or "completely dry" depending on whether people could drink in pubs on Sundays. When Montgomeryshire was completely dry it was lawful to consume alcohol on Sundays in the two English bars of the Lion however not the Welsh bar. 2 of the staying open bars in the town are totally in England and the third is completely in Wales. Just to the north of the town is Pant. Further north is the English market town of Oswestry. The English part of the town is in the civil church of Llanymynech and also Pant, as well as in the selecting ward of Llanymynech in Shropshire. This ward had a population at the 2011 census of 3,988.