Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, Powys, Wales Genealogy

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Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr is a village, community and ecclesiastical parish in Powys, Wales.

Before 1974 the village was in the historic county of Denbighshire and, between 1874 and 1996 in the County of Clwyd. In 1996 it became part of the modern County of Powys.

History
"A parish in the Union of Llanfyllin; Cynlleth and Mochnant division of the hundred of Chirk, county of Denbigh; 10 miles (W) from Oswestry, containing 164 inhabitants. This parish comprises an uneven but chiefly elevated tract near the southernmost extremity of the county. ..... The church, dedicated to St. Germanus, was formerly a chapel of ease to the mother church of Llanrhaiadr, only a mile and a half distant." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales, 1833 &amp; 1849, Samuel Lewis]

In early times, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr was part of the parish of Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant. For more information on Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr see:


 * Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr at Genuki

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr at Vision of Britain

Web Sites

 * Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr Parish Church at Clwyd FHS