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134 LLA~WAR~~. HEREFORDSHIRE. [KELLY'S patched thereto at 5.30 p.m. Postal orders are issued in 1856, for 72 children; average attendance, 55 ; Miss here, but not paid. The nearest money order office is at Mary S. Berry, mistress Much Birch & telegraph office at Wormelow. Carriers.-Thomas Rudge & Charles Higgs, to Hereford. Wall Letter Box, Lyston, cleared 5.30 p.m. week days only wed. & sat. returning same days National School (mixed), built, with residence for mIStress, Mynors Rev. Harry Baskerville Court George, builder, painter, paper- Maddocks Joseph, farmer & assistant. l\Iynors Rev. WaIter Baskerville RA., hanger; horticultural buildings kc. overseer, Llanwarne court J.P. Rectory Estimates given. Agent "London Mangham John, head gardener to G. Power OliveI', Lasket cottage Assurance Co " W. Wilkes esq Taylor William D. Broom-y-dos court Digwood In.farmer & haulier,Littlefield Preece William, farmer, UpperMonkton Wilkes George W. Lyston court Gilbert Ann (Mrs), farmer, Hendre Pritchard Albert Walter, supply stores,. COMMERCIAL. Grocott John, farmer, Upper house grocer, provision dealer, baker,draper,. Brassington Jonathan M. farmer & Hill James, boot & shoe maker & post office blacksmith; repairs to agricultural James James, head gamekeeper to G. Rudge Thos. carrier& farmer,Donathan. implements; shoeing & general W. Wilkes esq Smith Jermyn, farrier, Hill gate smith, The Hills Jones Thomas, farmer & haulier, Poole Southall Herbt. blacksmith & wheelwt Coleman Joseph, farmer,Lenaston fann Hollock Ware Jas. farmer, LowerMonkton farm Court John, builder Llewellyn Charles, farmer, Lawns farm Williams George, farmer, Gamberhead LONGROVE, or Llangrove, formerly a hamlet of Llan- Congregational chapels. Mrs. E. F. Bosanquet, of garren, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1856, and Goodrich, who is lady of the manor, and Sir Joseph Russel~ is 4~ miles north from Monmouth station and 4 north-west Bailey D.L. J.P., are the chief landowners. The soil is from Symonds Yat station, both on the Great Western sandy and loamy; subsoil, sandstone rock. The chief crops railway, 6l south-west from Ross, and 15 south from Here- are wheat, barley and turnips. The area and rateable value ford, in the Southern division of the county. Wormelow is included with Llangarren; the population in 1891 was 426~ hundred, Ross county court district and union, Harewood Trewen, 2 miles south, is a hamlet. End petty seSSIOnal division, rural deanery of Archenfield Sexton James Wheeler and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. Christ church, ' .. erected in 1858, at the cost of Mrs. Marriott, of Sellars- Post Office.-:-Mrs. Hannah Meredlth, ~ub-postmlStress. broke, is a plain edifice of stone, in the Early English and Letters arrIve from Ross ~t .8,40 a..m: ; dIspatched at S·lo. Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, na,e of three bays, p.m. week days only. Whltchurch IS ~he neares~ money aisle, west porch and a western turret containing one bell. order office; and Symonds Yat rallwal' statIOn the- The register dates from the year 1858. The living is a nearest telegraph office vicarage, gross yearly value £120, including two acres of National School (mixed), built & opened in 1872, with a glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. E. F. Bosanquet, residence for the mistress, added in 1874; it will hold and held since 1894 by the Rev. Francis Crombie M.A. of 100 children; average attendance, 65; Mrs. Taylor,. Trinity College, Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan and mistress LONGROVE. Hall Robert, plasterer Powell Joseph, boot & shoe maker Crombie Rev. Francis M.A. Vicarage James Charles, farmer Scudamore Alfred, farmer, Ruxton Jones Rev. George Wowen M.D Keddle Hendel, farmer, Penblaith Till William, farmer, Treworgan COMMERCUL. Marfield William, farmer, GreatTrewen Watkins George, farmer, Marks Balenger Trevor, farmer MeredithRichd.carpenter&wheelwright Wheeler James, wheelwright & sexton Bateman Richard, shopkeeper Morgan John, farmer, Treduckan Collins Joseph, grocer &draper Parry George, farmer, Trewarne TREWEN. Davies John, assistant overseer Powell George, boot & shoe maker Marfels James, Trewen villa Fencott Richard, Royal Arms P.H PriddyCharles, shopkeeper&blacksmith, Marfels WiIliam, farmer Francis Thomas, cowkeeper Llancloudy Roberts John, farmer , LONGTOWN and CLODOCK. CLODOCK is a very large ecclesiastical parish, on the of Brynmawr, are the principal landowners. The soil is' river Monnow, and having chapels of ease at the townships mostly sandy and some clay; subsoil, red sandstone. The of Crasswell, Llanveynoe & Longtown and is at the foot of chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and pasture land. The the Black Mountains, 6 miles west from Pontrilas station population of the ecclesiastical parish of Clodock in 1891 was. and 4 north f:om Pandy station, both on the Newport, 1,073' Abergavenny and Hereford section of the Great Western Crasswall, Llanveynoe., Longtown, and Newton are railway, 17 from Hereford and 10 from Abergavenny, in townships in this parish acting independently as separate the Southern division of the county, Ewyas Lacy hundred, parishes, but are connected ecclesiastically, with the Dore union and petty sessional division and Hereford and exception of Newton, which simply pays tithes to the vicar Abergavenny county court districts, rural deanery of of t,his parish, as parts of Clodock parish; they will each be Woebley (second division) and archdeaconry and diocese of found under separate heads. Hereford. The church of St. CleodicDs is a large building Parish Clerk, George Long. of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower of LONGTOWN is a township and village in Clodock parish,.. Norman date, containing 5 bells: the interior is seated but is a separate parish for all except ecclesiastical purposes,.. with ancient oak benches, and there is a carved oak box, and is at the foot of the Black Mountains, intersected by the. dated 1691, and a tablet giving the tithe charges of market Monnow, Olchon and Eskley brooks, 4 miles north from produce: there are monumental tablets to the families of Pandy station on the Newport, .Abergavenny and Hereford. Davis, 1780-1837; Price, 1764-1807; Gwillim, 1742-1845; section of the Great Western railway. The chapel of St. Jenkins, 1742-92: Jones, 1805-15; Lewis, 1801-24; to the Peter is an ancient building of stone, in the Early English Rev. John Rogers, vicar, d. 25 March, 1837, and others: style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a small the church is now in a very dilapidated condition. The western bell-cote contaimng 2 bells: the chancel retains a register, including entries from Llanveynoe and Longtown, piscina : the church was restored in 1868 at a cost of £600,. dates from the year 1705. The living is a vicarage, average defrayed by public subscription, under the direction of Mr. T. tithe rent-charge £222, net yearly value £II6, with I! Nicholson, architect, of Hereford. The register dates from. acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of WaIter de Winton the year 1705. The living is a perpetual curacy, gross esq. of Maesderwen, Brecon, and held since 1884 by the yearly value £80, in the gift of and held since 18~0 by the Rev. George Vaux Collison RA. of St. David's College, Rev. George Vaux Collison RA. of St. David's College,.. Lampeter, who resides at Longtown. There are charities Lampeter, and vicar of Clodock. Here are Baptist and of £24 yearly value. Here once stood a castle, the keep and Primitive Methodist chapels. Fairs are held on April 29th walls of which, surrounded by a circular moat, still remain; for sheep and cattle, and a statute fair on September 21st. the castle was built on the site of a Roman settlement, A great portion of the ruins of Longtown Castle still identified by some authorities with the station called remains; the walls are about 40 feet high and 12 feet in ~'Bll'stium," which, by others, has been fixed at Monmouth. thickness. The Marquess of Abergavenny K.G. is lord of Roman remains were found when the npw school was built the manor. The principal landowners are Mr. John on the Castle green in 1869. The Marquess of Watkins, R. BaskerviJle esq. of Clyro, near Hay, Mr. Abergaveuny K.G. and H. R. Trafford esq. of The Court, David Abraham Davies of Brynmawr, and Mrs. F. Harris,.. l\Iichaelchurch Eskley, are joint lords of the manor of Ewyas of Gilberstone. The soil is sandy; subsoil, red sandstone. Lacy, which includes this parish. The Marquess of The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, and the ground Abergaveuny K.G., A. R. Baskerville esq. ofClyro, near Hay, mostly pasture. The area is 6,260 acres, of which 33 are Mrs. F. Hatris, of Gilberstone, Longtown, Mr. John Watkins, water; rateable value, £4,a66. The population in 1891 of Hunt House, Longtown, and Mr. David Abraham Davies, was 610. •.