Llangarren, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Llangarren, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on the rivulet Garren, a tributary of the Wye, 5½ miles WSW of Ross, and has a post office under Ross; money order office, Whitchurch; telegraph. office, St Weonard's. The parish comprises the townships of Kilreagne, Llangunnock, Tredoughan, Llangrove, Trecilla, and Lang-stone-with-Trewan. Acreage, 5411; population of the civil parish, 918; of the ecclesiastical, 531. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £12 6. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is mainly Norman; was repaired and enlarged in 1841; comprises ancient nave and chancel, and modern aisle, with ancient porch and tower; and contains several monuments.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Herefordshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Llangarran St. Deinst | |
Hundred | Wormelow | |
Poor Law union | Ross |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Llangarren from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Llangarran (St. Deinst))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online: