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LLANTRISAINT FAWR / LLANTRISSENT, Monmouthshire

"LLANTRISAINT, (or Llantrissent), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 2 miles S.E. of Usk, its post town, 4 N.E. of Caerleon, and 9 from Chepstow. The village is a small place. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Llandaff, value with that of Pertholey annexed, £180. The church is dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul."

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

Bibliography

• Younson, Francis. A Llantrissent 'curse' against Bishops and Priests, 1680. Gwent Local History 81 (1996), p. 56-7.

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.

Llantrissent Parish: Statistics; Area 2762 acres; Population 157 males, 117 females, total 274

• Llantrissent Parish Church    Attendance - afternoon 30 + 15 scholars              2 services in English               Arthur Williams, 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.

  Llantrisaint Fawr / Llantrissent, SS Peter & Paul's Church - records with the incumbent (Gwent RO survey 1959)
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1744+	1744-8, 1783+	1743+
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-9, 1731-49, 1751-1864, 1866-8 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Llantrissent - on Vision of Britain
• Llantrissent photographs - on geograph.org.uk
• Llantrisant - on wikipedia
• Castell Troggy, Llantrisant - on castle wales

Directories

• Kelly's directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llantrissent.

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 - 30 March 2011)

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