LLANVIHANGEL-CRUCORNEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Abergavenny district, Monmouth. The village stands on the river Monnow, adjacent to the Abergavenny and Hereford railway, near the boundary with Hereford, and under Skirrid-fawr mountain, 1 mile NNE of Llanfihangel r. station, and 4½ NNE of Abergavenny; and has a post office under Abergavenny.—The parish contains also the hamlet o Penbiddle, and comprises 3,264 acres. Real property, £3,579; of which £215 are on the railway. Pop., 479. Houses, 103. The property is much subdivided. Llanvihangel Court belonged to the Arnolds; passed, in the time of Queen Anne, to the Harleys; belongs now to the Hon. W. Rodney; is an ancient edifice; and has a remarkably grand avenue of firs. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £281. Patron, the Prince of Wales. The church is good. Charities, £4.—The sub-district contains also six other parishes. Acres, 20,510. Pop., 1,860. Houses, 402.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))