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LLANDOGO, Monmouthshire

"LLANDOGO, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Ragland, county Monmouth, 6 miles S.E. of Monmouth, its post town, and 7 N. of Chepstow. It is situated at the foot of Beacon Hill, on the W. bank of the river Wye, which here makes a bend. The tide flows up to about this point. The village is remarkably neat, consisting of cottages rising one above another, interspersed with gardens and orchards, and backed by woods."

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

Church History

• Llandogo Church on the NLW site.

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.

Llandogo Parish; Statistics; Area 1843 acres; Population 253 males, 318 females, total 571

• Llandogo Parish Church - Attendance - morning 82 + 47 scholars, afternoon 81 + 43 scholars      1 service in English         Thomas Langley BA, Perpetual Curate
• The Chapel of the Holy Trinity, Whitebrook     Licensed 1835, consecrated 1845, a chapel of ease to the Parish Church which is 2 1/2 miles distant       Attendance (average 6 months) - morning 80 + 40 scholars, afternoon 130 + 35 scholars        1 service in English       Thomas Langley BA, Minister
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• Hepzibah Chapel, Baptist         Erected 1824        Attendance - evening 11        William Madby, Clerk
• Beulah Chapel, Baptist         Erected  1819         Attendance (average)  - afternoon 25       James Dale, Deacon, New Mills, Monmouth
• Penwern Chapel, Wesleyan Methodist     Erected 'near 1800'     Attendance - morning 30             Richard White, Local Preacher occasionally, Kingcoed, nr 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.

  Llandogo, St Dochoe's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1694-1942	1698-1748, 1750-2, 1755-1971	1835-1974	1694-1811, 1813-87
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-9, 1731-1872 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llandogo.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llandogo 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  - 20 March 2011)

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