Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, occasionally referred to as Llanarmon Fach, is an isolated rural parish in

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, Wales. It was formerly in

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

, and from 1974 to 1996 was in the county of

Clwyd Clwyd () is a preserved county of Wales, situated in the north-east corner of the country; it is named after the River Clwyd, which runs through the area. To the north lies the Irish Sea, with the English ceremonial counties of Cheshire to th ...

. It measures and has a population of 40.St Garmon's Church, Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr
/ref> The scattered settlement lies on the south-facing slopes of the

Berwyn Mountains The Berwyn range (Welsh: ''Y Berwyn'' or ''Mynydd y Berwyn'') is an isolated and sparsely populated area of moorland in the northeast of Wales, roughly bounded by Llangollen in the northeast, Corwen in the northwest, Bala in the southwest, and ...

in the high upper part of the Tanat Valley, at around 950 feet above sea level. Its name translates roughly as "St Garmon's church

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Great Mountain", distinguishing it from the village of

Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog (; often referred to as Llanarmon DC or locally simply as Llanarmon) is a village in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It lies on the River Ceiriog and is at the end of the B4500 road, five miles (8 km) south-west of ...

, 5 miles (8 km) away in the

Ceiriog Valley The Ceiriog Valley ( cy, Dyffryn Ceiriog) is the valley of the River Ceiriog in north-east Wales. Its Welsh name, "Dyffryn Ceiriog", is the name of an electoral ward of Wrexham County Borough. The ward is the largest ward of the county borough ...

History

The church of St. Garmon is thought to be of early-mediaeval origin; it was 'restored' in 1886 to designs by W. H. Spaull of

Oswestry Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads. The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...

. The area was historically part of the parish of

Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant () is a village, community and an ecclesiastical parish in the extreme north of Powys, Wales; about 9 miles west of Oswestry and 12 miles south of Llangollen, on the B4580. It lies near the foothills of the Berwyn mountains ...

but eventually became a separate

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.Tanat Valley
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust It is now part of the

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of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant for civil administration purposes. The area of the parish is today largely mountain pasture. As with many such communities, its population has fallen over the years: in 1833 it had 164 inhabitants.Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr

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There are a number of rare late-medieval

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-framed buildings.Tanat Valley Historic Landscape Characterisation
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust There is also a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, Hermon, rebuilt in 1906 in a "curious"

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-influenced style.Jones, A. ''Welsh chapels'', National Museum of Wales, 1996, p.129 The academic

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was the son of a rector of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr, the Rev. Edward Jones. A previous incumbent (1578–95) was William Morgan, Bible translator and later Bishop of

Llandaff Llandaff (; cy, Llandaf ; from 'church' and '' Taf'') is a district, community and coterminous electoral ward in the north of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It was incorporated into the city in 1922. It is the seat of the Bishop of Llandaff, whose ...

References

External links

Photographs of Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr on Geograph
{{authority control Villages in Powys