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LLANFIHANGEL TORYMYNYDD, Monmouthshire

"LLANVIHANGEL-TOR-Y-MYNYDD, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Ragland, county Monmouth, 7 miles N.W. of Chepstow, its post town. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff, value £89, in the patronage of the archdeacon."

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

Bibliography

• Hopkins, Tony     Lanpill in 1611         Gwent Local History vol 87 1999    Welsh Journals Online   

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.

Llanvihangel-Tor-y-Mynydd Parish; Statistics; Area 1031 acres; Population 120 males, 110 females, total 230

• Llanvihangel Torymynydd Parish Church      Attendance - morning 45    1 service in English        John Price, Rector
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• Cross Hands, Bible Christians    Erected 1826    Attendance - afternoon 55, evening 125       Cornelius Dening, Minister, Tintern Abbey

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.

  Llanfihangel Torymynydd, St Michael's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1594-1806 with gaps	1699-1747 with gaps, 1754-1812	1916-38	1594-1773 with gaps, 1785-1803
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-1819, 1821-2, 1824-5, 1827-62 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Llanfihangel Torymynydd - on wikipedia
• Llanfihangel Torymynydd photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd.

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 - 1 March 2012)

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