Llancillo, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Llancillo, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Monnow, at the boundary with Monmouthshire, 2½ miles SW of Pohtrilas station on the G.W.R., and 4 SSW of Abbeydore. Post town, Abergavenny; money order and telegraph office, Pontrilas. Acreage, 1086; population, 60. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Eowl-stone, in the diocese of Hereford, The church is ancient, and was restored in 1894-95. A tree-covered mound marks the site of a former Border stronghold.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Llancillo from 1837 to 1838 you should search for the Dore Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Llancillo from 1838 to 1974 you should search for the Hereford Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Llancillo from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Llancillo (St. Peter))

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:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times