Llanfechain
Llanfechain is a small town and also area in Powys, Wales, in between Llanfyllin as well as Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain on the B4393 road. Historically it belonged to Montgomeryshire. Afon Cain goes through the town. It has a population of less than 500. Llanfechain can suggest "parish or church (llan) of the Cain valley" (from Llan ym Mach Cain implying "church in the field or level of the Cain" to Llan ym Mechain and after that Llan-mechain, which comes to be Llanfechain as a result of the common anomaly of'm' to 'f' in Welsh). Nonetheless, it may additionally indicate "little (fechan) church or church (llan)". Punctuations of placenames differ considerably with time, so tiny variations such as chain/cain and also fechain/fechan are plausible. The name in the kind Llanveccheyn is first experienced in 1254. It has likewise been referred to as Llanarmon-ym-Mechain, ym-Mechain describes its area in the middle ages cantref of Mechain, therefore 'Church of St Garmon in Mechain'.