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LLANGOFEN / LLANGOVAN, Monmouthshire

"LLANGOVEN, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Ragland, county Monmouth, 6 miles S.W. of Monmouth, and 4 from Ragland, its post town. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Llandaff, value with that of Pen-y-Clawdd, £120, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church is dedicated to St. Goven. The parochial charities amount to about £13 per annum."

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

Church History

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

Llangoven Parish; Statistics; Area 1889 acres; Population 74 males, 55 females, total 129

• Llangoven Parish Church     Attendance - no figures provided   "The entire population, with only two exceptions, attend the Parish Church, when service is held alternately morning/afternoon"    1 service in English   James Farquhar, Perpetual Curate

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.

  Llangofen / Llangovan, St Goven's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms & Burials	Marriages	Banns
  1689-1715, 1720-3, 1727-8, 1733-1982	1689-1715, 1720-3, 1727-8, 1733-49, 1755-1968	1826-1982
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-1875 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llangoven.

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 - 21 Dec 2011)

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