Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANVAIR-KILGIDIN

LLANVAIR-KILGIDIN, a parish in Abergavennydistrict, Monmouth; on the river Usk, 2½ miles NE by N of Nantyderry r. station, and 5½ SE of Abergavenny. Post town, Abergavenny. Acres, 1,801. Real property, £2,824. Pop., 296. Houses, 59. The property is divided among a few. A suspension bridge for footpassengers here spans the Usk. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £395.* Patron, Lord Tredegar. The church is good. Charities, £9.


(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: Llanfair Cilgedin CP/AP       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Llanfair Cilgedin

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