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Llanthewy Vach, Monmouthshire

Historical Description

Llanthewy Vach, a parish in Monmouthshire, on an affluent of the river Usk, S½ miles E by N of Caerleon station on the G.W.R., and 5 SE of Pontypool. Post town, Caerleon, under Newport. Acreage, 1355; population of the civil parish, 166; of the ecclesiastical, 242. The living is annexed to the rectory of Llandegveth, in the diocese of Llandaff; joint net value, £189 with residence. The church was erected in 1857 on the site of a previous one.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountyMonmouthshire 
Ecclesiastical parishLlanthewy-Vach St. David 
HundredUsk 
Poor Law unionPont-y-Pool 
Registration districtPontypool1837 - 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 Llanthewy Vach from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Pontypool Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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