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GOVILON, a chapelry in Llanwenarth parish, Monmouth; on the Abergavenny and Merthyr railway, 3 miles W of Abergavenny. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Abergavenny. The statistics are returned with the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £274. Patron, the Rector of Llanwenarth. The church is neat.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Llanwenarth Parish Monmouthshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Govilon |
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