Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANVAPLEY

LLANVAPLEY, a parish in Abergavenny district, Monmouth; on the river Trothy, 4 miles E of Abergavenny r. station. Post town, Abergavenny. Acres, 819. Real property, £1,345. Pop., 156. Houses, 31. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £231.* Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is dedicated to St. Mapley, and is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanfable Parish       Abergavenny Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Llanfable

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