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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
(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: | Llan Gwm CP Llangwm Uchaf CP/Tn Chepstow RegD/PLU Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Llangwm |
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