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LLANWYTHERIN / LLANVETHERINE, Monmouthshire

"LLANVETHERINE, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Abergavenny, county Monmouth, 4 miles N.E. of Abergavenny, its post town. It is watered by the river Trothy. The tithes were commuted in 1839. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Llandaff, value £260. The church is dedicated to St. James."

[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.

Llanvetherine Parish; Statistics; Area 2153 acres; Population 134 males, 97 females, total 231

• Llanvetherine Parish Church              Attendance - morning 63 + 22 scholars, afternoon 23        2 services in English         F C Steel MA, 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.

  Llanwytherin / Llanvetherine, St James's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1745-52, 1813-1980	1754-1810, 1813-1970	1813-1981
  Bishops Transcripts	1696-7, 1725-1875 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llanvetherine.

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 - 4 April  2011)

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