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Llanfyllin is a little market town, community as well as selecting ward in a sparsely-populated location in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin’s population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% might speak Welsh. Llanfyllin indicates church or parish (llan) of St Myllin (‘m’ regularly alters to ‘f’ in Welsh). The town hinges on the valley of the River Cain near the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire, 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Oswestry and 15 miles (24 kilometres) from Montgomery. The River Cain is joined by the tiny River Abel in Llanfyllin (most likely called after Cain and also Abel in the Bible), and also twists via the valley, moving into the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid. The community exists between Shrewsbury and Bala, for a very long time the vital market towns around of Wales and the Welsh borders. At close-by Bodyddon there is proof of an early British settlement. Llanfyllin might be the “Mediolanum amongst the Ordovices” defined in Ptolemy’s Location (c.? advertisement 150), although others argue for Meifod or Caersws. The town is known for its holy well, Fynnon Coed y Llan. The well is committed to Saint Myllin, who is considered to have baptised individuals below in the 6th century. The parish church is likewise dedicated to Saint Myllin. There is a tradition that Saint Myllin is the Irish diocesan, Saint Mo Ling (likewise called Moling Luachra) (614– 697). However, this is uncertain. There is no record of Mo Ling travelling to Wales, and there is a custom that Myllin is hidden under the altar of Llanfyllin church whereas Mo Ling is thought to have actually been hidden at his monastery in Ireland.