Place:St. Arvans, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameSt. Arvans
Alt namesLlanarfansource: from redirect
Saint Arvanssource: alternate spelling
Porthcasegsource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.667°N 2.7°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoStrigoil Lordship, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
Caldicot Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
Rhaglan Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
Chepstow Rural, Monmouthshire, Walesrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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St. Arvans (Welsh: Llanarfan) is now a village and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located two miles northwest of Chepstow. The community had a population of 765 in the UK census of 2011.

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History

The village church is named for St. Arvan. According to tradition he was a 9th-century hermit who supported himself by fishing for salmon in the River Wye, and drowned when his coracle capsized. By 1254 the church belonged to the small priory of St. Kingsmark or Cynmarch. It was enlarged between 1813–1823, and extensive restoration work was carried out in the 1880s and again in the 1980s.

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of St. Arvans from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"ARVANS (St.), a parish in Chepstow [registration] district, Monmouth[shire]; near the river Wye, 2 miles NNW of Chepstow [railway] station. It contains the hamlet of Portcasseg and the tract of Kingsmark, sometimes deemed extra-parochial; and it has a post office under Chepstow. Acres: 2,309. Real property: £3,703. Population: 379. Houses: 88. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £53. Patron: the Duke of Beaufort. The church is an ancient structure, with an octagonal tower, and is in good condition. There are remains of two ancient chapels.

In 1935, in a move to reduce the number of parishes within Chepstow Rural District, St. Arvans absorbed three civil parishes to the west: Howick, Itton, and St. Arvans Grange. The small parish of St. Kingsmark had previously been absorbed in 1920. The enlarged parish continued as part of Chepstow Rural District until 1974 when the rural district and the historic county of Monmouthshire were both abolished and became part of the county of Gwent.

The community of St. Arvans formed in 1974 relinquished Howick and Itton to the community of Devauden.

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