Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANROTHALL, or LLANFROTHER

LLANROTHALL, or LLANFROTHER, a parish in the district of Monmouth and county of Hereford; on the river Monnow, at the boundary with Monmouth, 5 miles NW by N of Monmouth r. station. Post town, Monmouth. Acres, 1,630. Real property, £1,715. Pop., 107. Houses, 23. A college was founded here, in the 6th century, by St. Dubricins; and has left some vestiges. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £206. Patron, J. Price, Esq. The name Llanrothall signifies "brother's church."


(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: Llanrothal Parish       Herefordshire Ancient County       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place names: LLANFROTHER     |     LLANROTHALL     |     LLANROTHALL OR LLANFROTHER
Place: Llanrothal

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