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The Best Attractions In Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain

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Llansantffraid-ym-Mechain is a village, and post town in Powys, mid Wales, close to the border with Shropshire in England, about 7 miles south west of Oswestry and 8 miles north of Welshpool. It is on the A495 road and is at the confluence of the River Vyrnwy and the Afon Cain. The population as of the 2011 UK Census was 1,415. Llansanffraid means Church of Saint Bride in the Welsh language, and ym-Mechain refers to its location in the medieval cantref of Mechain and distinguishes it from other places with the same or similar names. The name is based on the story of St Bhrid, who is said to have floated across the Irish Sea on a sod of turf, or to have...
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