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"LLANVIHANGEL LLANTARNAM, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 3 miles N. of Newport. Caerleon is its post town. It is situated on the Afon Llwyd, a tributary of the river Usk. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £108. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. The endowments belonging to the parish produce nearly £30 per annum. Llanvihangel House stands upon the site of, and is partly built from, the ruins of a Cistercian abbey that formerly stood here." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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- Cadwell, Mildred A walk about in history: Upper Cwmbran Gwent Local History vol 46 1979 Welsh Journals Online
- Edwards, Arthur. The rites and wrongs of Llantarnam, Gwent, in 1899. Theologia Cambrensis 3 (1989), p. 5-11.
- Nichols, Reginald The New Town of Cwmbran before 1850 or Some chit-chat about the lower Eastern Valley Gwent Local History vol 53 1982 Welsh Journals Online
- Osborne, G O & G J Hobbs Note on the Names and Location of Two Granges of Llantarnam Abbey: Makenel (Machenlleth) and Torald Gwent Local History vol 87 1999 Welsh Journals Online
- Osborne, G O & G J Hobbs A note on 'conesiding': a grange of Llantarnam Abbey Gwent Local History vol 99 2005 Welsh Journals Online
- Russell, J L Cwmbran Development Corporation, Llanyravon Farm; Interim Historical Report Gwent Local History vol 43 1977 Welsh Journals Online
- Sims, Peter. Whoops - a mishap at Llantarnam! The Welsh Railways Archive. Vol. 3, no. 2 (2000), p.54-55.
- Takel, R E A disappearing past Gwent Local History. No. 96 2004 Welsh Journals Online
St Derfel, Llanderfel (Church in Wales) |
St Gabriel, Cwmbran (Church in Wales) |
St Michael, Llantarnam (Church in Wales) |
St Peter, Cwmbran (Church in Wales) |
Ebenezer Chapel, Cwmbran (Baptist) |
Mount Pleasant Chapel, Cwmbran (Baptist) |
Pontrhydrun Chapel, Cwmbran (Baptist) |
Cemetery, Cwmbran (Cemetery) |
Church, Cwmbran (Roman Catholic) |
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G Jones, & D. Williams. UWP, Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants. Check with Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches established after 1851. Llanfihangel Llantarnum Parish; Statistics; Area 4092 acres; Population 683 males, 545 females, total 1228
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[Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]Llanfihangel Llantarnam, St Michael's Church - records with the Gwent RO Baptisms Marriages Banns Burials 1727-1883, 1894-1927 1727-1971 1824-90, 1894-1915, 1961-74 1727-1889, 1897-1945 Bishops Transcripts 1725-7, 1729-1855 - records with the NLW
- Llantarnam - on wikipedia
- The transcription of the section for Llanfihangel Llantarnam from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Llanfihangel Llantarnam to another place.
- The OS Map of 1833 shows Cwmbran as a farm situated in the area now known as Upper Cwmbran, in the valley named Cwm Bran. Cwmbran New Town - Wales's first 'New Town' - was created in 1949 following the New Towns Act of 1946 "... to provide accommodation for the numerous employees who each day made their way to work in the new industries that were springing up in the Cwmbran Area."
- Family Search have an interactive map called "England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851" showing parish (and other) boundaries with optional background maps such as Ordnance Survey. There is also a Search facility, do read the guidance notes to get maximum benefit from this useful resource. See here for further background information to assist in the interpretation of this data
- Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348. Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county.
- Plan of the parish of Llanvihangel Llantarnam in the County of Monmouth - on the People's Collection Wales site
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