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GOETRE (Goytrey), Monmouthshire

"GOYTREY, a parish in the hundred of Upper Abergavenny, county Monmouth, 5 miles N.E. of Pont-y-Pool, and 5 S. of Abergavenny, its post town. It is situated in the vicinity of the river Usk, and on the Brecon canal, which has a wharf here. The West Midland railway passes in the neighbourhood. The scenery is very beautiful, and a large portion of the surface is woodland. There are quarries of lime and building stone, and tiles are manufactured. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff, value £227. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. There are places of worship belonging to the Baptists and Wesleyans. The parochial charities produce about £1 per annum."

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

Bibliography

• Rooke, Marion L D               Abraham Jeremiah, Harp Maker, 1825-1886; What truth in a family memory ?          Gwent Local History. No. 90 2001  Welsh Journals Online

Church History

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.

Goytrey Parish; Statistics; Area; 3332 acres; Population 300 males, 254 females, total 554

• Goytrey Parish Church (St Peter's)  Erected 1846 (old church taken down)    Attendance - morning 100, evening 70/100   2 services,1 English entire    Informant, Charles Elias Bird, Churchwarden
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• Saron Baptist Chapel, Goitre   Erected 1826    Attendance - morning 52, afternoon 23 scholars, evening 109           John Jones, Minister, Goitre Warf, nr Abergavenny
• (Capel) Ed. Calvinistic Methodist Chapel   - Erected 1808   Attendance - morning 12 scholars, afternoon 50          Roger Thomas, Minister, Llangwilim Cottage, Ragland

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.

  Goetre, St Peter's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1695-1728, 1732-1960	1695-1728, 1732-1971	1695-1728, 1732-1957
  Bishops Transcripts	1696, 1725-1865, 1899 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Goetre photographs - on geograph.org.uk
• Goetre - on wikipedia

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Goytrey.

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  - 4 March 2012)

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