| Name | Llanddewi Skirrid |
| Alt names | Llanddewi Ysgyryd | source: Welsh translation | | Llanddewi Skyrryd | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Llanthewy Skirrid | source: alternate spelling | | Llanthewy-Skirrid | source: alternate spelling |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 51.848°N 2.959°W |
| Located in | Monmouthshire, Wales ( - 1974) |
| Also located in | Gwent, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales (1996 - ) |
| See also | Abergavenny Lordship, Monmouthshire, Wales | ancient holding in which it was located | | Abergavenny Hundred, Monmouthshire, Wales | hundred in which it was located | | Abergavenny Rural, Monmouthshire, Wales | rural district in which it was located 1894-1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Llanddewi Skirrid (Welsh: Llanddewi Ysgyryd) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Abergavenny on the old B4521 road to Ross-on-Wye.
The Skirrid mountain, 486 m or 1594 feet high, overlooks the village and parish. The Skirrid is a stand-alone mountain, an outlier of the Black Mountains, Wales and the most easterly mountain within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
It was part of the Abergavenny Rural District from 1894 until 1974. Unlike most other parishes in the rural district, it did not join in a group of parishes in 1935.
A 19th century description
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Llanddewi Skirrid from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "LLANTHEWY-SKIRRID, a parish in Abergavenny [registration] district, Monmouth[shire]; under Skirrid-fawr hill, 2½ miles SE of Llanfihangel [railway] station, and 3½ NE of Abergavenny. Post town: Abergavenny. Acres: 1,060. Real property: £1,136. Population: 88. Houses: 24. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £187. Patron: the Rev. M. H. Jones. The church is good."
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