LLANYMYNECH, a parish, partly in the hundred*f CH I RE, county of DENBIGH, NORTH WALES, but chiefly in the hundred of
OswEsTRY, northern division of the county of SALOP, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Oswestry; containing 595 inhabitants. This
parish oomprises three townships, two of which, Llwynllanan and Tremens', are in Salop; in the former stands the church,
and so near the verge of the county that the remains of the famous Offa's Dyke, now scarcely discernible here, support
part of the churchyard wall, and divide the village, of which the western half skirts Carreghova, the third township,
which is in a detached portion of Denbighshire. The quality of the soil is various, that of the lower lands bordering on
the river Vyrnyw being a very rich loam, forming excellent meadow and pasture land, and that of the upper grounds in some
places a strong red clay well suited for wheat, and in others a light hazel mould yielding abundant crops of barley, and
the whole interspersed with veins of alluvial or calcareous gravel. The mountain stream Tenet, descending from the hills
through a rich vale, forms part of the western boundary to the confluence of that river with the Vyrnyw or Vyrnwy, one of
greater magnitude, which skirts the remainder of the parish to its eastern angle, and unites with the Severn a few miles
below; the eastern border of the parish is watered by the Morda, a brook that has its source above the town of Os-. vestry;
and the northern boundary is formed by a oonsiderable eminence rising gradually westward. Here commences the principal
limestone range of North Wales, originating in an abruptly precipitous elevation of 900 feet, and extending northward
through the country; the stone is a pearl-coloured marble, veined with red and white streaks, and bearing a high polish,
while the lime produced is so pure as to be conveyed far beyond many other intervening but coarser calcareous strata, for
the finer purposes of plastering, and various works. In these limestone rocks are found sulphate and carbonate of lead,
copper, and zinc, of superior quality, and also a green dusty ore of copper, called by the miners eoier maim." The curious
ancient mining level, called the Ogov, consists of caverns of unequal form and dimensions, connected by veins of ore which
serve as guides to the miners. A branch of the Ellesmere canal from Frankton reaches to this place, where it joins the
Montgomeryshire canal. A railway has been formed, extending from the limestone rocks for nearly two miles and a half,
communicating with these canals, of which the latter crosses the river Vyrnwy by an aqueduct of five arches, with several
smaller arches to carry off the water in the valley after floods. Tie living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at
£12. 13. 4.; net income, £394; patron, Bishop of St,. Asaph. A National school has been established. Thomas Baugh, late
of Denbighshire, bequeathed £26, the interest of which is annually distributed among poor women.