LLANVIHANGEL (LLAN-FIHANGELYN-NGWYNFA), a parish, comprising the Upper and Lower divisions, in the union and lower division of the hundred of LLANVYLLIN, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Llanvyllin; and containing 1040 inhabitants. The name of this place is derived from the dedication of its church to St. Michael, and its adjunct from its being situated in Gwynva, a district in ancient Powys: it is more commonly called " Llanvihangely-Gwynt" (St. Michael's the Windy), from the bleakness of its surface, to distinguish it from " Llanvihangel-yn-Nghentyn," as the Welsh designate Alberbury, on the confines of Salop. The parish is crossed by the road leading from Llanvyllin, about half a mile to the left of which the village is situated; and is bounded on the north by the parish of Hirnant, on the north- east by that of Llanvyllin, on the south-east by that of Meivod, on the south by Llangyniew and Llanervul, on the south- west by GarthBeibio, and on the north-west by Llanwddyn. It comprehends 12 townships, and a tract of about 10,000 acres, of which 200 are woodland, and the remainder arable, pasture, and sheep-walks; the land, to a great extent, is hilly and mountainous, and the prospect from the high grounds extensive and beautiful, embracing views of the lofty eminences of Hirmint, and of ,the picturesque scenery of the locality, ornamented with thick clusters of oak, ash, and fir, and enlivened on the west by the windings of the Llanwddyn river. The soil is various, but in general tolerably fertile, and produces wheat, barley, oats, rye, &c.; the hills are depastured by young cattle and sheep, and in several places, peat, which constitutes the chief fuel of the inhabitants, is abundant: the rateable annual value of the whole parish has been returned at £3044. Llwydiarth Hall, formerly the seat of some of the ancestors of Sir W. W. Wynne, Bart., the principal landed proprietor, has lately been rebuilt and converted into a farm-house. Fairs are held on May 9th, July 21st, and the last Friday in October. The living is a rectory, rated in the king's books at £5. 15. 5.; patron, Bishop of St. Asaph: the tithes have been commuted for £440. The church, which is situated on the summit of a lofty eminence, is a plain, ancient edifice, measuring on the outside 70 feet by 22, and containing about 260 sittings, of which 50 are free: the pew belonging to the possessors of Llwydiarth is decorated with a canopy, on which are emblazoned the arms of the different branches of that family. A National school, built in 1825, and containing 35 children, is supported by the proceeds of a tenement bequeathed by the ancestors of Sir W. W. Wynne; the master's salary is £18 per annum. There is also another day school, appertaining to Calvinistic Methodists, and in which' 30 children are instructed at the expense of their parents; and about 150 males and 120 females are taught gratuitously in seven Sunday schools, in connexion with different denominations of dissenters. Mrs. Mary Strangways, of Stinsford, Dorsetshire, by will, in 1726, bequeathed £2790 to various charities, among which was the sum of £200 to the poor of Llanvihangel.; £10, the interest of this bequest, are paid out of a rent-charge on the estate of Sir Watkin Williams Wynne, together with another sum of £10, the annual gift of the same benefactress, which is applied to apprenticing children. Among other charitable bequests made to the parish were the following: Francis Griffiths, in 1684, the sum of £20; David Griffiths, in 1690, gift £30; David Vaughan, in 1705, gift £20; David Humphreys, Joseph and David Ellis, Watkin Evans, and Thomas Foulkes, each £20; and the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, £10; all of which sums were invested in turnpike trusts in the county of Montgomery, and now yield £8 per annum, distributed by the churchwardens to the poor. The Roman road from CaerSws to Deva(Chester) passed through the parish.