Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGEVIEW

LLANGEVIEW, a parish in Pontypool district, Monmouth; on an affluent of the river Usk, adjacent to the Monmouth and Pontypool railway, 1½ mile E of Usk r. station. Post town, Usk, under Newport, Monmouth. Acres 1,454. Real property, £1,720. Pop., 159. Houses, 40. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £81. Patron, the Rev. J. Blower. The church is dedicated to St. David, and is good. The parish has an interest in the charities of Roger Edwards at Usk.


(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: Llangeview Parish       Pont Y Pool Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Llangeview

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