Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANTHEWY-SKIRRID

LLANTHEWY-SKIRRID, a parish in Abergavenny district, Monmouth; under Skirrid-fawr hill, 2½ miles SE of Llanfihangel r. station, and 3½ NE of Abergavenny. Post town, Abergavenny. Acres, 1,060. Real property, £1,136. Pop., 88. Houses, 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £187. Patron, the Rev. M. H. Jones. The church 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: Llanddewi Ysgyryd Parish       Abergavenny Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Llanddewi Ysgyryd

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