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LLANARTH, a parish and a sub-district in Abergavenny district, Monmouth. The parish lies on an affluent of the river Usk, 3 ½ miles E of Penpergwm r. station, and 5 ½ SE of Abergavenny; has a post office under Monmouth, and includes the hamlet of Clytha. Acres, 3,793; of which 1,841 are in Clytha. Real property, £6,073; of which £2,993 are in Clytha. Pop. in 1861, 679; of which 354 were in Clytha. Houses, 125; of which 72 were in Clytha. The property is divided among a few. L1anarth Court belonged to the chamberlain of Henry I., and passed to the Herberts. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of BettwsNewydd, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £288.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is good; and there are a Roman Catholic chapel, and charities £57.—The sub-district contains also six other parishes. Acres, 10,061. Pop., 1,884. Houses, 392.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llan Arth CP/AP Llanarth SubD Abergavenny PLU/RegD Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Llan Arth |
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