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LLANLLYWEL / LLANLLOWELL (Llanthowell), Monmouthshire

"LLANLLOWELL, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 2 miles S.E. of Usk, its post town, and 12 from Chepstow. It is situated on the eastern bank of the river Usk. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff, value £130. The church is a small primitive edifice."

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

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.

Llanllowell Parish; Statistics; Area 796 acres; Population 44 males, 48 females, total 92

• Llanllowell Parish Church            Attendance - evening 40 + 15 scholars          1 service in English         J A Williams, Rector

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.

  Llanllywel / Llanllowell (Llanthowell), St Llywel's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms & Burials	Marriages
  1664-1811	1664-1775, 1815-35, 1839-1968
  Bishops Transcripts	1696, 1725-33, 1735, 1737-8, 1740-1, 1743-1829, 1832-67, 1874 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llanllowell.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanllywel / Llanllowell 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 -  29 March 2011)

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