Llansoy, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Llansoy, a parish in Monmouthshire, 2 miles NE of Llandenny station on the G.W.R., and 4½ ENE of Usk. It has a post office under Newport; money order office, Trelleck; telegraph office, Usk. Acreage, 1415; population, 130. The Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £120 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is ancient, and has been restored.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Monmouthshire | |
Hundred | Raglan | |
Poor Law union | Chepstow | |
Registration district | Chepstow | 1837 - 1935 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
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Maps
Online maps of Llansoy 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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