LLANDOGO, a village and a parish in the district and county of Monmouth. The village stands on the river Wye, at the boundary with Gloucestershire, opposite Bigswear, and under Beacon hill, 7 miles S by E of Monmouth town and r. station; is a pretty place amid beautiful surroundings; consists of cottages, rising above one another, interspersed with gardens and orchards, and backed by woods; and has a post office under Coleford. A small waterfall, called Cleiddon Shoots, is on the hillside near the village; but does not show well except in rainy weather. The parish comprises 1,843 acres. Real property, £2,673. Pop., 648. Houses, 1 48. The living is a p. curacy, united with the chapelry of Whitebrooke, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £112. * Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Odoceus, and is good.

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