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LLANFRECHFA, Monmouthshire

"LLANFRECHFA, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 5 miles S.E. of Pontypool, and 2 from Caerleon, its post town. A tributary of the river Usk flows through the parish. The workhouse for the Pontypool Poor-law Union is situated here. Woollen goods are manufactured. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Llandaff, value £85, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The charities amount to about £5 per annum."

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

Bibliography

• Hockey, Primrose        Elizabeth Harcourt Mitchell              Gwent Local History vol 49 1980    Welsh Journals Online
• Hockey, Primrose                 Capel Zion, Ponthir, Gwent        Gwent Local History vol 64 1988    Welsh Journals Online
• Takel, R E            The Bath House, Llanyravon: a small domestic feature, long since disappeared        Gwent Local History. No. 95 2003   Welsh Journals Online

Church History

See John Ball's site Welsh Churches and Chapels Collection for a photograph/data re All Saints' 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.

Llanfrechfa Parish consisting of Upper and Lower Divisions; Statistics; Area 4320 acres; Population 1342 males, 1160 females, total 2502

• Upper Division
• Bethel Chapel, Independent    Erected 1837    Attendance - morning 100 + 50 scholars, afternoon 62, evening 150     "The inserted chapel has been purchased in 1837 for the sum of £220 which has been paid by a gent. named Edward Wrench from the same place .........."        Edward Williams, Minister, Bron Heulog, Cwmbran
• Siloam Chapel, Cwmbran, Baptist        Erected 1838    Attendance - morning 120, evening 150       Ebenezer Philip Williams, Baptist Minister, Cwmbran
• Gren-Meadow-Room, Wesleyan Methodist    Erected 1850     Attendance - morning 40, afternoon 52, no school             George Thomas, Hugh Carter; Wesleyan Minister, Pontypool              * Separate entry listed in Return under Lower Division for Green Meadow Chapel.(Wesleyan)  A room in a dwelling house.     David Jones, Steward
•  
• Lower Division
• Llanvrecgva (sic) Parish Church      Attendance (average) - morning 90    "The number of children attending the two schools amounts to between 55 or 60"   1 service in English   William Howell, Incumbent
•  
• Primitive Methodist Chapel, Cwmbran       Erected 1844    Attendance - morning 32 scholars, afternoon 37 scholars, evening 40     "It is also let for a day school"   Elijah Filer, Steward, Square, Cwmbran
• Pontrhydyrun Chapel, Baptist     Erected 1815    Attendance (including Sunday scholars) - morning 160, evening 212         David D Evans, Minister, Pontrhydyrun Works
• Sion Chapel, Baptist      Erected c 1803    Attendance - morning 200, evening 350              Reese Griffiths, Minister, Ponterw, nr Cairlion
• See above for entry under Upper  Division for Green Meadow Chapel.(Wesleyan)

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.

  Llanfrechfa, All Saints Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1727-1971	1727-1963	1763-1804, 1839-1965	1727-68, 1777-1958
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-41, 1743-1852, 1854-68, 1870-4 including Cwmbran from 1860 - records with the NLW

  Griffithstown, St Hilda's Church (formed from Llanfrechfa + Pant-teg/Panteg 1898) - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns
  1888-1961	1888-1971	1888-1949

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

Description and Travel

• Llanfrechfa photographs - on geograph.org.uk
• Upper Cwmbran - on wikipedia
• Upper Cwmbran photographs - on geograph.org.uk
• Pontnewydd - on wikipedia
• Pontnewydd area photographs - on geograph.org.uk
• Ponthir - on wikipedia
• Ponthir photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llanfrechfa Lower.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanfrechfa 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 - 4 March 2012)

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