Llanfihangel Llantarnam
(A description written in 1891)
A Parish between the road leading from Newport to Pontypool and the river Usk, with a station called Llantarnam on the the Newport, Abergavenny & Hereford section of the Great Western railway, 4 miles north from Newport and 156.1/2 from London; in the Southern district of the county, Hundred of Usk, Petty Sessional division of Caerleon, Union and County Court district of Newport; western division of Usk rural deanery, Monmouth archdeaconry and Llandaff diocese.
The parish is governed by a Local Board of 9 members, formed in 1884.
The Monmouthshire Canal intersects the parish.
The church of St. Michael, restored in 1869, is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel with side chapel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 6 bells: in the chancel are some handsome marble monuments: the mortuary chapel of the Dowling family adjoining the chancel, is separated from it by two ancient freestone arches of peculiar construction: there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1727. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £100, gross yearly value £135, with 21 acres of glebe, in the gift of Reginald Blewitt Dowling Esq., and held since 1872 by the Rev. Edward Marsh Prothero, who resides at Malpas. Parish Clerk: Henry Nott.
The charities, producing £21, are distributed yearly in money.
This place was formerly the site of an Abbey, founded c.1170 by Halvel ap. Iorwerth, and dedicated to SS. Mary and Deuma; at the Dissolution there were six monks, and the revenue was estimated at £71 yearly: the gateway stills remains.
Llantarnam Abbey, the seat of Edgar Williams Esq. is a building of stone in the Tudor style. Llantarnam Grange is the residence of Alfred Colerick Pilliner Esq. J.P.
Here are extensive fire-brick works belonging to The Henliss Fire Brick & Retort Works.
Post: Letters through Newport arrive at 8 a.m. Cwmbran is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Wall letter box cleared at 6.p.m; Sundays, 9.20 a.m.
Local Board:
Meets at St. Dials' Board School, Cwmbran - 1st Tuesday, 5.30 p.m.
Clerk: H. H. Haden, Club Chambers, Pontypool
Treasurer: R.J.C. Simpkins, Bristol & West of England Bank Limited, Newport
Medical Officer of Health: W.E.C. Murphy, Cwmbran
Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances: vacant
Collector: Henry Thomas, Hill View, Cwmbran
Schools:
A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1871:
Clerk to the Board: T.B. Jones, Bank Chambers, Newport,
Attendance Officer: John Powell, Oakfield, Cwmbran
The Schools are situated in Cwmbran, under which place the particulars will be found.
Infants' School, Miss Dunn, mistress
Railway Station:
Llantarnam Railway Station - Thomas Jones, station master
R.B.Dowling Esq. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Madame de Solignac R.B.,Dowling Esq. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are oats and barley; there is much pasture land, heavily timbered. The are is 4,092 acres; rateable value, £16,914.
The population in 1881 was 3,996
(extracts from Kelly's 1891 Directory of Monmouthshire, transcribed by J. Doe)
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