Llanveynoe, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Llanveynoe, a township and a chapelry in Clodock parish, Herefordshire, on the Olchon an affluent of the river Mon-now, under the Black Mountains, at the boundary with Monmouthshire and Brecknockshire, 6 miles NNW of Pandy station on the G.W.R., and 9 SSE of Hay. Post town, Longtown, under Abergavenny; money order office, Long-town; telegraph office, Pontrilas. Acreage, 4610; population, 191. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Patron, the Vicar of Clodock. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1877.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Llanveynoe from the following:

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

Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.

Maps

Online maps of Llanveynoe are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times