Editing Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (section)

==Parish church==
[[File:Sant Dogfan, Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant - geograph.org.uk - 976508.jpg|left|thumb|St Dogfan's church]]
The Norman church of St Dogfan is a [[Listed building|Grade II* listed]] building, restored between 1879 and 1882, but with parts dating back to the 13th century. There is a gravestone with a [[Celtic cross]] possibly commemorating Cwgan son of Ethelstan, a Welsh prince of the 11th century.<ref name="Llanrhaeadr Group of Parishes">{{cite web|title=St Dogfan's, Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant|url=http://www.mathrafal.org/parishes/rhaeadr.htm|publisher=Llanrhaeadr Group of Parishes}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=St Dogfan's Church|url=http://www.living-stones.info/downloads/guides/3_St_Dogfans_Card_web.pdf|website=Living Stones}}</ref>

The parish is best known for its former vicar, [[William Morgan (Bible translator)|William Morgan]] (1545–10 September 1604), who first translated the whole [[Bible]] into [[Welsh language|Welsh]] in the 1580s and later became a [[bishop]] of [[Llandaff Cathedral|Llandaff]] and of [[St Asaph]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392273/William-Morgan William-Morgan]. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved on 2013-02-05.</ref> [[Gwallter Mechain]] (1761–1849), the bard, was the vicar from 1837 until his death in 1849.<ref name="Llanrhaeadr Group of Parishes"/> Rev. [[Griffith Hartwell Jones]] (1859–1944), a Welsh academic and Anglican clergyman, was born in the village.

St [[Dogfan]] was a son of [[Brychan|Brychan Brycheiniog]] and a Welsh prince in the 5th century.<ref name="Llanrhaeadr Group of Parishes"/> A [[Clas (ecclesiastical settlement)|clas]] dedicated to him was founded on the site of the present church.<ref name="Llanrhaeadr Group of Parishes"/><ref name=CPAT>{{cite web|title=Church of St Dogfan, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant|url=http://www.cpat.demon.co.uk/projects/longer/churches/montgom/101046.htm|website=Montgomeryshire Churches Survey|publisher=CPAT}}</ref> The [[holy well]] of the saint is on the farm of Gwernfeifod in Cwm-ffynnon.<ref name="CPAT - ffynnon">{{cite web|title=The Tanat Valley: Cwm Blowty, Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant, Powys|url=http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/histland/tanat/1012.htm|website=Historic Landscape Characterisation|publisher=CPAT}}</ref>