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LLANGIWA / LLANGUA, Monmouthshire

"LLANGUA, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Skenfreth, county Monmouth, 9 miles N.E. of Abergavenny, its post town, and 13 from Monmouth. It is situated on the river Monnow, and the Hereford railway passes near it. A monastery was founded here in early times. There is no village, only a few scattered cottages. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff, value £120. The church is dedicated to St. James."

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

Bibliography

• Hockey, Frederick. Llangua, alien priory of Lyre. Journal of the Historical Society of the Church in Wales 27 (1990), p. 8-13.

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.

• No entry in this Return possibly because the1851 census itself  may put this parish under Herefordshire, the church is right on the Wales/England border

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.

  Llangiwa / Llangua, St James Church - records with the HRO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1714-53, 1768-1810	1714-63, 1817-43	1714-63, 1768-1810
  Bishops Transcripts	1696, 1725-32, 1734-56, 1758-1805, 1807-9, 1811-15, 1817-44, 1850, 1855 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llangua

Historical Geography

• "In co. Monmouth. Originally in the Archdeaconry and Diocese of Llandaff but transferred to the Diocese of Hereford in 1886."
  (Ref: The Parish Registers of Herefordshire, J Harnden, 1987, ISBN 0 9512347 0 6)

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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