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LLANDDEWI RHYDDERCH, Monmouthshire

"LLANTHEWY-RYTHERCH, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Abergavenny, county Monmouth, 3 miles S.E. of Abergavenny, its post town. A tributary of the river Trothy passes through it. The tithes were commuted in 1840. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Llandaff, value £215, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. David. The charities amount to about £2 per annum."

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

Church History

• Interior of St David's Church, Llanddewi Rhydderch - on geograph.org.uk

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

Llanthewy-Rhytherch Parish; Statistics; Area 2187acres; Population 208 males, 194 females, total 402

• Llanthewy Rhytherch Parish Church      Attendance - morning 40/50 + 20/25 scholars, afternoon 80/100     1 service in English         Rees Jones, Licensed Curate
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• Llanthewy Chapel, Particular Baptist     Erected  1826    Attendance - morning 80, afternoon 35 scholars, evening 200      Thomas Lewis, Minister

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.

  Llanddewi Rhydderch, St David's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1670-1732, 1735-1923	1695-1730, 1736-1810, 1813-1970	1670-1732, 1735-1978
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-32, 1735-1817, 1819-58, 1864-74, 1876-7 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Llanddewi Rhydderch - on wikipedia
• Llanddewi Rhydderch - on geograph.org.uk

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  - 19 Dec 2011)

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