Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRYNGWYN

BRYNGWYN, a parish in Abergavenny district, Monmouth; 2½ miles WNW of Raglan r. station, and 7 SE by E of Abergavenny. Post Town, Raglan, under Newport-Monmouth. Acres, 1,484. Real property, £2,131. Pop., 313. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. Bryngwyn House is the seat of Archdeacon Crawley. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £200.* Patron, the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is good. Charities, £10.


(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: Bryngwyn Parish       Abergavenny Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Bryngwyn

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