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LLANFAIR ISGOED / LLANFAIR DISGOED, Monmouthshire

"LLANVAIR-DISCOED, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Caldicott, county Monmouth, 5 miles S.W. of Chepstow, its post town. It is situated near the forest of Wentwood, and on the road to Usk. The parish includes the hamlet of Dinham, and the remains of Dinham Castle, now a ruin overgrown with wood. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage of Caerwent, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Mary."

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

Bibliography

• Morgan, Charles. Notes on the ecclesiastical remains at Runston, Sudbrook, Dinham and Llan-bedr. Newport : printed for the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian Association by Henry Mullock, 1858. 33p.

Church History

• Caerwent com site -St Mary's Church, Llanvair Discoed.

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.

Llanvair Discoed Parish consisting of Llanvair Discoed and the hamlet of Dinham; Statistics; Area 1986 acres; Population 103 males, 88 females, total 191

• Llanvair Discoed Parish Church    Attendance - morning 32     1 service in English     Edward Griffiths, Licensed Curate
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• Dinham Hamlet       (Ancient parish now considered only a hamlet..... there is no trace of the church - Lewis 1848)

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.

  Llanfair Isgoed / Llanfair Disgoed, St Mary's Church - records with the incumbent (Gwent RO survey 1970)
  Baptisms & Burials	Marriages
  1681+	1680+
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-1878, 1880-1 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Llanvair Discoed community site.
• Llanvair Discoed - on wikipedia
• Llanvair Discoed photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire, 1901 - Llanfair Discoed & Dinham

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanfair Isgoed / Llanfair Disgoed 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

Military History

• 'Castle Wales' site - Llanvair Discoed Castle.

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks  - 21 March 2011)

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