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CWM-IOU / CWMYOY, Monmouthshire

"CWMYOY, a parish partly in the lower division of the hundred of Abergavenny, in the county of Monmouth, and partly in the hundred of Ewyaslacy, in the county of Hereford, 5½ miles N. of Abergavenny, and 3 from the nearest station of the West Midland railway. It is situated on the river Honthy, near a branch of the river Monnow, and contains Fwthog and Bwlch-Trewyn. The country is hilly and picturesque. The parish is separated into upper and lower divisions, and extends along the borders of Herefordshire."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Bibliography

• Gant, Robert           Land Ownership and Farm Management in Upper Cwmyoy c1850            Gwent Local History vol 47 1979      Welsh Journals Online
• Gant, Robert          Depopulation and Deserted Houses in Upper Cwmyoy, 1850-1978        Gwent Local History vol 49 1980    Welsh Journals Online
• Granville, Cecil.              The tragedy of the Cwmyoy prisoner.              Gwent Local History 75 1993      Welsh Journals Online
• Graham, James D P       Flax retting on the Brecknock-Monmouth border           Gwent Local History vol 63 1987     Welsh Journals Online
• Graham, James D P            Schooling in Ewyas            Gwent Local History 65   1988    Welsh Journals Online
• Lewis, J M.        The Cwmyoy crucifix. Monmouthshire Antiquary 16 (2000), p. 47-50.
• McGraghan, Isabel             Ancient ruined houses in the Ffwddog         Gwent Local History vol 53 1982    Welsh Journals Online

Church History

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re Llanthony Priory and also St David's Church

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by   I.G   Jones, & D. Williams. UWP,  Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.  Check with  Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches established after 1851.

Cwmyoy Parish consisting of Cwmyoy Upper Division, Fwthog hamlet (co Hereford), Cwmyoy Lower Division and Bwlch Trewyn ;
Statistics; Area 10, 366 acres; Population 398 males, 361 females, total 759

• Upper Division
• Llanthony Chapel    Ancient chapelry    Attendance - morning 40  (alternately evening)       George Griffith, Officiating Minister, Abergavenny
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• Fwthog hamlet (co Hereford)
• Tabernacle Chapel, Baptist - Erected 1838    Attendance - 55 + 40 scholars   Morgan Lewis, Minister
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• Lower Division
• Bethlehem Chapel, Cal.Meth.         Erected 1839    Attendance - morning 40, afternoon 30 scholars, evening 60      John Jones, Minister
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• St Martin's Parish Church    Attendance - morning 40 (alternately afternoons)  1 service in English       Peter Jones Lewis, Incumbent
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• Henllan Chapel, Baptist - Erected 1840     Attendance - evening 97  (afternoons 3 times a month)     Morgan Lewis, Minister

Church Records

See the Monmouthshire county page for links to online records

• This list of parish records is intended as a rough guide to coverage only. Their location as stated should be confirmed with the appropriate Record Office prior to any visit.

  Cwm-iou / Cwmyoy, St Michael's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1708-92, 1798-1801, 1805-1950	1708-1971	1809-12, 1823-1958	1708-91, 1805-1976
  Bishops Transcripts	1843-67, 1873, 1875-6 - records with the NLW

  Llanddewi Nant Hodni / Llanthony, SS Mary, John the Baptist & Florence's Church (formed from Cwm-iou/Cwmyoy) - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1769-98, 1813-1976	1832-7, 1866-1969	1769-94, 1813-1973
  Bishops Transcripts	1835, 1843, 1845-53, 1855-66, 1873, 1875-6 - records with the NLW

  [Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]

Description and Travel

• Cwmyoy - on Vision of Britain
• Cwmyoy - on wikipedia
• Cwmyoy - on the cistercian way site
• Cwmyoy photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Cwm-iou / Cwmyoy from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Maps

• Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.  Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county

• View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks - 17 Feb 2012)

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