Llangwm Uchaf Monmouthshire

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Llangwm Uchaf a township and parish in the county of Monmouthshire.

Llangwm Uchaf Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Anglican parish registers of baptism, marriage, and burial records.

Llangwm Uchaf, Monmouthshire Anglican Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1666-1919

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LLANGWM, a parish in Chepstow district, Monmouth; on an affluent of the river Usk, 3½ miles E of Usk r. station. It is cut into two divisions, Icha and Ucha; and its Post town is Usk, under Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 3,159. Real property of L. Icha, £731; of L. Ucha, £2,309. Pop. of L. Icha, 57; of L. Ucha, 328. Houses, 9 and 62. The property of L. Icha is divided among a few; and that of L. Ucha is much subdivided. A small monastery, a cell to Lira abbey in Normandy, was founded in the parish in 1183.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £83. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Hierom; is early decorated English; comprises fine nave and chancel, with a handsome tower on the chancel N side; presents features of unusual interest; was restored in 1860; and contains an elaborately carved rood-loft and screen. The parish has a share in Usk endowed school.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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