Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANTHEWY-VACH

LLANTHEWY-VACH, a parish in Pontypool district, Monmouth; on an affluent of the river Usk, 2¾ miles E by N of Cwmbran r. station, and 4½ SW of Usk. Posttown, Caerleon, under Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 1,350. Real property, £1,192. Pop., 172. Houses, 33. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £77. Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is good.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanthewy Vach Parish       Pont Y Pool Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Llanthewy Vach

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