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GOYTREY, a parish in Pontypool district, Monmouth; on the Brecon canal, and on the Hereford and Newport railway, at Nantyderry station, 5¼ miles S of Abergavenny. Post town, Nantyderry, under Pontypool. Acres, 3, 332. Real property, £2, 824. Pop., 668. Houses, 143. The property is subdivided. Limestone and building stone are worked, and tiles are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £227. Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is good; and there are chapels for Baptists and Methodists.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Goetre Parish Pont Y Pool Poor Law Union/Registration District Monmouthshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Goetre |
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