Cwmyoy, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Cwmyoy, a parish in Monmouthshire and Herefordshire, on the river Honddu, under the Black Mountains, 3 miles NW of Llanfihangel station on the. G.W.R., and 7 N of Abergavenny. Acreage, 8248; population, 326. It contains the hamlets of Fwthog and Bwlch-Trewyn, and the abbey of Llanthony. Post town, Abergavenny. The surface includes grand mountain and glen scenery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; value, £155. The parish church is ancient. There is another church close to the ruins of the abbey, annexed to the vicarage of Cwmyoy. There is a Baptist chapel. See LLANTHONY ABBEY.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Monmouthshire | |
Ancient County | Monmouthshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Cwmyoy St. Michael | |
Hundred | Abergavenny | |
Hundred | Abergavenny | |
Poor Law union | Abergavenny | |
Poor Law union | Abergavenny |
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.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Cwmyoy from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Cwmyoy (St. Michael))
Maps
Online maps of Cwmyoy 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
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