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LLANFIHANGEL LLANTARNAM, Monmouthshire

"LLANVIHANGEL LLANTARNAM, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 3 miles N. of Newport. Caerleon is its post town. It is situated on the Afon Llwyd, a tributary of the river Usk. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £108. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The endowments belonging to the parish produce nearly £30 per annum. Llanvihangel House stands upon the site of, and is partly built from, the ruins of a Cistercian abbey that formerly stood here."

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

Bibliography

• Edwards, Arthur. The rites and wrongs of Llantarnam, Gwent, in 1899. Theologia Cambrensis 3 (1989), p. 5-11.

• Sims, Peter. Whoops - a mishap at Llantarnam! The Welsh Railways Archive. Vol. 3, no. 2 (2000), p.54-55.

Church History

• Llantarnam Abbey.

Church 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 Llantarnam, St Michael's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1727-1883, 1894-1927	1727-1971	1824-90, 1894-1915, 1961-74	1727-1889, 1897-1945
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-7, 1729-1855 - records with the NLW

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

• Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Mike John's transcriptions of selected parish records.

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Cwmbran.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Llanfihangel Llantarnam from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Historical Geography

• The OS Map of 1833 shows Cwmbran as a farm situated in the area now known as Upper Cwmbran, in the valley named Cwm Bran. Cwmbran New Town - Wales's first 'New Town' - was created in 1949 following the New Towns Act of 1946 "... to provide accommodation for the numerous employees who each day made their way to work in the new industries that were springing up in the Cwmbran Area."

Maps

Occupations

• Cwmbran Brewery - nice site, with History and Photos.

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks  - 29 March 2009)

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