Welsh Journals

LLANFYLLIN OLD CHURCH, 1706. IN his History of the Parish of Llanfyllin," in the third volume of these Collections, Canon Williams states that the present Church dedicated to St. Myllin, is a plain edifice of red brick, erected circa 1706 on the site of the former church, which had become dilapidated. It was consecrated by Bishop Beveridge. There are no papers relating to the former church except a ground plan and the names of the principal owners of seats or benches, viz., Adam Pryce, Lord Powis, Edward Vaughan, Neh. Griffiths, Oliver Buckley, Bynner, Humph. David and Humph. Roger." 1 The ground plan is given on a subsequent page.2 When subjected to a closer examination it will be found that these two papers supply much more than the above information about the older church, and that they carry us back to even an earlier fabric. The ground plan itself has within each seat the names of the owners; these are not re-produced in the engraved plan, but they correspond with those given in the List. These papers were both drawn up at the same time, April the 5th, 1706, and record the owner- ship in the then church, with an evident view to the re-appropriation of the seats in the new church to be built. From them we gather the following particulars about it 1. In form it was like its successor, and consisted of a Chancel, a Nave, somewhat narrower, and a 1 Mont. Coll., vol. iii., 69-70. 2 Ibid, 78.