Llanarth, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Llanarth, a parish in Monmouthshire, on an affluent of the river Usk, 3¼ miles E of Penpergwm station on the G.W. R., and 5¼ SE of Abergavenny, and has a post office under Newport; money order office, Raglan; telegraph office, Llanfihangel Gobion. It includes the hamlet of Clytha. Acreage, 3818; population, 563. Llanarth Court belonged to the chamberlain of Henry I., and passed to the Herberts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £251 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1891. It dates probably from the 11th century, and stands on the foundation of the church which King Offa in the 7th century gave, with all its appurtenances, to the Bishop of Llandaff and his successors in the see for ever. In the churchyard there is an ancient runic cross, which was restored in 1886. There is a Roman Catholic chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Registration district | Abergavenny | 1837 - 1935 |
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 Llanarth from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Abergavenny Registration District.
Maps
Online maps of Llanarth 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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