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LLANGYFIW / LLANGEVIEW, Monmouthshire

"LLANGEVIEW, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 1 mile E. of Usk, its post town, and 12 from Monmouth. The village is very small, consisting of a few scattered farmhouses. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £81. The church is dedicated to St. David. The only charities are a share in Usk school."

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

Church History

• Friends of Friendless Churches site - St David's Church, Llangeview.
• St David's Church, Llangeview - on wikipedia

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.

Llangeview Parish; Statistics; Area 1545 acres; Population 83 males, 99 females, total 182

• Llangeview Parish Church      Attendance - morning 25      1 service in English      James Blower, Incumbent

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.

  Llangyfiw / Llangeview, St David's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1709-31, 1755-1812, 1814	1713-1841	1711-1812
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-1858, 1860-7 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Llangeview - on Vision of Britain
• Llangeview photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llangeview.

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 - 29 March 2011)

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