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| Name | Llansilin |
| Alt names | Bodlith | source: hamlet in parish | | Estynallan | source: hamlet in parish | | Lledrode | source: hamlet in parish | | Lloran | source: hamlet in parish | | Moelfre | source: hamlet in parish | | Priddbwll | source: hamlet in parish | | Rhiwlas | source: hamlet in parish | | Isfoel-Rhinlas | source: hamlet in parish | | Uchfoel-Rhinlas | source: hamlet in parish | | Sychart | source: hamlet in parish |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.845°N 3.175°W |
| Located in | Denbighshire, Wales |
| See also | Oswestry Hundred, Shropshire, England | hundred in which it was located |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Llansilin is a village and local government community now in Powys, Wales (formerly in Denbighshire), about 6 miles west of Oswestry in Shropshire, England. The community, which includes Llansilin village, a large rural area, and the hamlets of Moelfre and Rhiwlas as well as the remote parish of Llangadwaladr, had a population of 648 at the 2001 UK census, increasing to 698 at the 2011 UK census.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llansilin from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANSILIN, a township, a parish, and a [registration] sub-district in Oswestry [registration] district; the township and most of the parish electorally in Denbigh, the rest of the parish and the sub-district electorally in Salop. The township lies on the river Cynlleth, adjacent to the boundary with Salop, 3½ miles W of Offa's dyke, and 6 WSW of Oswestry [railway] station; and has a post office under Oswestry, and fairs on 10 July, and 21 Sept.
- "The parish contains also the townships of Bodlith, Estynallan, Lledrode, Lloran, Moelfre, Priddbwll, Isfoel-Rhinlas, Uchfoel-Rhinlas, and Sychart, in Denbigh; and the township of Soughton or Sychtyn, in Salop [Shropshire]. Acres of the Denbigh portion: 11,285. Real property: £11,588. Population: 1,795. Houses: 341. Acres of the Salop portion: 1,446. Real property: £1,607. Population: 207. Houses: 46. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to Einion Evell, from whom several families in this neighbourhood have descended. Glascoed is the seat of the Wynns. Sychart belonged to Owen Glendower; PlâsNewydd, to the Myddletons; and Penybont, to the Maurices. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of St. Asaph. Value: £307. Patron: the Bishop of St. Asaph. The church is dedicated to St. Silin; is in good condition; acquired a fine stained window in 1866; and contains monuments of the Maurices, the Wynns, and others. The rectory of Rliydycroesau is a separate benefice. There are an Independent chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £16."
Until 1866 the whole of the parish was considered to be in the Oswestry Hundred in Shropshire, England. "The township of Soughton or Sychtyn, in Salop" is covered in the Shropshire section of WeRelate.
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