Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANDENNY

LLANDENNY, a village and a parish in the district and county of Monmouth. The village stands on the Olway brook, adjacent to the Pontypool and Monmouth railway, 3½ miles N E of Usk; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Newport, Monmouth. The parish comprises 2,228 acres. Real property, £3,200. Pop., 418. Houses, 92. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £50. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church was reported in 1859, as bad. Charities, £46 and six cottages.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llandenny Parish       Monmouth Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Llandenny

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