Place:Llangattock nigh Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameLlangattock nigh Usk
Alt namesLlangattock Juxta Usksource: Family History Library Catalog
Llangatwg Dyffryn Wysgsource: Family History Library Catalog
Parc Letticesource: settlement in parish
Penpergwmsource: settlement in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.788°N 2.979°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoAbergavenny Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
Abergavenny Rural, Monmouthshire, Walesrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Llanover Fawr, Monmouthshire, Walescivil parish of which it was part 1935-1974
source: Family History Library Catalog

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

"LLANGATTOCK-NIGH-USK, a parish in Abergavenny [registration] district, Monmouth[shire]; on the river Usk, and on the Hereford, Abergavenny, and Newport railway, 3 ½ miles SSE of Abergavenny. Post town: Abergavenny. Acres: 1,613. Real property: £2,229. Population in 1851: 178; in 1861: 252. Houses: 44. The property is subdivided. Llangattock House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £274. Patron: the Earl of Abergavenny. The church is a primitive structure, in tolerable condition; and contains monuments of the Evanses. Charities, £4."

The parish was also known as Llangattock Juxta Usk or Llangatwg Dyffryn Wysg. It includes a village named Penpergwm which was a station on the railway.

In 1935, in a move to reduce the number of parishes within Abergavenny Rural District, Llangattock nigh Usk was absorbed into the civil parish of Llanover Fawr.

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