Place:Llanarth Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameLlanarth Fawr
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.794°N 2.907°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     (1935 - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoAbergavenny Rural, Monmouthshire, Walesrural district in which it was located 1935-1974

A Welsh-English vocabulary list states that "Fawr" means "great". The place name could therefore be translated "Great Llanarth". The civil parish came into existence in 1935 and replaced the parish of Llanarth and a number of other parishes southeast of Abergavenny.

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