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LLANISIEN / LLANISHEN, Monmouthshire

"LLANISHEN, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Ragland, county Monmouth, 6 miles S.W. of Monmouth, its post town, and 7 from Chepstow. The village consists of a few farmhouses. The tithes have been commuted. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £64. The church is dedicated to St. Dennis. The parochial charities produce about £22 per annum."

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

Bibliography

• Horton, Graham. Llanishen : from village to suburb. Llanishen : Graham Horton, 1999. 96p.
• Morgans, Geraint. The Lewis family of Llanishen : a powerful Glamorgan family. Country Quest (February 1999), p. 46.

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.

Llanishen Parish; Statistics; Area 1742 acres; Population 177 males, 174 females, total 351

• Llanishen Parish Church     Attendance (Average) - morning 50/60, afternoon 80/100    " A small old church and very damp. March 30 1851 was mid-Lent Sunday and many people of this parish absent themselves from Church and visit their friends that day. There is no Convenient place in this little church for Sunday Scholars"       1 service in English       Henry Warrilow, Incumbent Minister
• Bethel, Bible Christians      Erected 1842      Attendance - morning 26, evening 60       William Edwards, Chapel Steward, Glynn Farm, Llanishen
• Wesleyan Methodist     Erected  1820      Attendance - 40 + 30 scholars, afternoon 60 + 30 scholars     Mark Dowler, Steward

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.

  Llanisien / Llanishen, St Dennis's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1597-1731, 1738-1951	1663-1725, 1738-1812, 1815-1971	1824-1914	1596-1731, 1738-1812
  Bishops Transcripts	1696, 1725-1819, 1821-76 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llanishen.

Maps

• View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks - 29 March 2011)

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