Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANGIBBY

LLANGIBBY, a village, a parish, and a district-district, in Pontypool district, Monmouth. The village stands near the Roman way to Caerleon, 3¼ miles SSW of Usk r. station. and has a post office under Newport, Monmouth. The parish comprises 4,443 acres. Real property, £5,092; of which £35 are in limestone quarries. Pop., 525. Houses, 95. The property is divided among a few. Llangibby House is the seat of W. A. Williams, Esq., and was built by Inigo Jones. Some remains exist of Llangibby Castle, which, in the time of Sir TreVor Williams, was besieged and taken by the Parliamentary forces. About ½ a mile from the castle are some slight remains of an ecclesiastical building, called Tregrwg. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £526. Patron, W. A. Williams, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Cybi, and is good. A small but neat church, for a separate charge, was built, in 1861, at Common, Coed-y-Paen. A well, arched over with very ancient masonry, is near the parish church. There are two schools.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes and part of another. Acres, 12,635. Pop., 3,620. Houses, 696.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a district-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llangybi Fawr CP/AP       Pont Y Pool RegD/PLU       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Llangybi Fawr

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