Cynllaith or Cynllaeth was a commote (cwmwd) of north east Wales in the cantref of Swydd y Waun (later Chirkland) which was once part of the Kingdom of Powys and later part of the smaller kingdom of Powys Fadog.[1]
Cynllaith, or at least the part of it called Cynllaith Owain, was part of the inheritance of Owain Glyndŵr in 1370.[2] The titles Baron of Glyndyfrdwy and Lord of Cynllaith Owain were used by the dispossessed former ruling family of Powys Fadog before Owain was proclaimed Prince of Wales in 1400.[3]
The episode "Monk's Hood" of the Cadfael Chronicles includes a scene in a Welsh court in Llansilin within this commote.
^Rees, William (1951). An Historical Atlas of Wales from Early to Modern Times. Faber & Faber.
^Rees, William (1937). "The Union of England and Wales". Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion: 88.
^"OWAIN GLYNDWR". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales.
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of Stirling Bridge by William Wallace. Gruffydd later added Nanheudwy, Cynllaith Owain and Mochnant Is Rhaeadr after the death of his half-brother Owain...
(lowermost section in England) Afon Tanat (L) (lowermost section in England) Cynllaith (L) (part forms the border between Wales and England) Afon Ogau Afon Iwrch...
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cantref in the medieval Kingdom of Powys. It contained the commotes of Cynllaith and Nanheudwy. Rees, William (1937). "The Union of England and Wales"...
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