Appendix 4: Llantarnam (Other Holdings)

Appendix 4: Llantarnam (other holdings)

Aber-carn Grange (Trefcarn; Habercarne, Mouth of the cairn river (W) Grange, later operated Aber-carn Abercarn Secondary School (site of Chapel Y N Before 1291; Probably Held at Dissolution Part of Aber-carn manor. Valley grange possibly located at post- Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1535 1535; Chapel Farm) as a manor Farm), Abercarn, Caerphilly (ST216938) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord medieval Chapel Farm. Lands now school site and Chapel Farm of Caerleon or Industrial Estate. Probably part of the Bassaleg Priory land gifted to descendents the abbey circa 1200. Managed by bailiff Jenkin ap Morgan at Dissolution. Abergwyddon mill Mouth of the wild? river (W) Mill Aber-carn Abercarn, Caerphilly (c. ST214950) N N Not known Held at Dissolution Corn and fulling mills. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 Grange chapel Chapel Aber-carn Abercarn Secondary School (site of Chapel Y N Chapel probably located at Chapel Farm; Chapel Farm nearby. Mynyddyslywn Tithe Map, 1846; Farm), Abercarn, Caerphilly (ST216938) Williams, 1990

Makenel (Mahenel, 1291; Machenteth, Machen (i.e. name of lordship) Grange Aber-carn Medart, Cwmcarn, Caerphilly (ST237934) N N Before 1291; Probably Not known Upland grange in the Cwm Carn valley. Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291 1654; Mechenlleth, Machenlleth, 1679; Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord Machenlath, Mechenhalt, 1814; Medart) of Caerleon or descendents

Pont-mynach Monk's bridge (W) Bridge Aber-carn Abercarn, Caerphilly (ST216937) Y N Williams, 1990 St. Basil's Church, Bassaleg Church of saint Basil (ME) Church and portion of Bassaleg Bassaleg, Newport (ST277871) Y Y Not known Held at Dissolution Remodelled 14th and 15th century parish church. Possible site of Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 tithes Basseleg Priory founded c1105 and abandoned by 1235. St. Sannan's church, Bedwellty Church of saint Sannan (ME/W) Church and portion of Bedwellty Bedwellty, Caerphilly (ST166003) Y Y Not known Not held at Grade II* listed medieval church with 13th to 16th century fabric. St. Williams, 1990 (Bedwellte) tithes Dissolution Sannan's well nearby. Bristol Urban property Bristol Bristol N N Williams, 1990 Bryngwyn Grange (Brangwayn, 1291; Tir- Little hill monk's land (from Tir-y- Grange Bryngwyn Great Tre Mynach Farm, Bryngwyn, Y N Before 1291; Not known Held at Dissolution Cluster of farms with monastic names, including mill/ fish-ponds, a Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291 y-mynach) mynach ) (W) Llanarth (ST398083) (farmed out) moated site and other earthworks. Church tithes. Grange chapel Chapel Bryngwyn Chapel Farm, Bryngwyn, Llanarth Y N Series of fishponds. Magna Porta Manor Court Book, (ST398092) 1789 Wern-y-cwrt Alder tree court (W) Farmstead Bryngwyn Wern-y-cwrt Farm, Bryngwyn, Y N Williams, 1990 Llanarth(ST393088) The Priory Monastic priory (ME) House Caerleon Caerleon, Newport (ST337905) Y Y Not known Not known Grade II listed house with Tudor fabric, said to date to at least the Wakeman, 1848 1450s and in the hands of local gentry, the Morgans, in the early- sixteenth century. Said to have associations with the abbey subsequently retained and occupied by a prior and a small group of monks (and possible initial location, though unlikely).

Cilonydd Grange (Cadlonet, 1291; Corner, nook or retreat hall (from Grange Cilonydd Cilonydd Farm, Newbridge, Caerphilly Y Y Before 1291; Probably Held at Dissolution Part of Abercarn manor. Post-medieval upland farmstead with Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; Valor Kydloneth, 1535; Kidlonedd, Kidlonith, neuadd ) or new (from newydd ) (W) (ST228972) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord possible medieval barn. A building survey of a similar standing Ecclesiasticus, 1535; Ministers 1582; Kidloneth, 1704; Cil-longde, 1789; of Caerleon or building (now demolished) with possible medieval long-house Accounts, 1536/7; William Morgan Cydlonydd, 1846) descendents origins, Hafod Fach, south of the Ciloyndd, of sixteenth to Inquisition post mortem, 1582 seventeenth century plan, probably contemporaneous with the surrounding enclosed fields. Grange chapel Chapel Cilonydd Cilonydd Farm, Newbridge, Caerphilly Y Y Indicated by field name Cae Capel/ Cae Eglwys. Williams, 1990 (ST229973)

Cwm-sidan (Conesiding, 1291; Pensidan, Sidan (stream name) valley or end Grange Cwm-sidan Pen-sidan Farm, Bassaleg, Graig, Newport N N Before 1291; Probably Not known Probably part of the Bassaleg Priory land gifted to the abbey circa Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291 14th c; Pensyddan, Pensiddan, 1669; (W) (ST267857) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord 1200. Penshitten, 1777; Penshidden, 1801) of Caerleon or descendents St. Peter's Church, Henllys Church of saint Peter's (ME) Church? and portion Henllys St. Peter's Church, Henllys, Torfaen Y Y Not known Held at Dissolution Grade II* listed church first recorded in 13th century with 14th and Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 of tithes (ST267911) 15th century fabric. Kynemot Mound (from carn ) of the motte Grange? Kynemot Possibly near Henllys Court, Henllys, N N Before 1291; Probably Not known Possible early upland grange near Twyn Barlwm, possibly Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291 Torfain (ST927252) or Kynemark near Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord associated with Henllys Court, seized by Gilbert de Clare and never Chepstow of Caerleon or recovered (Osborne and Hobbs, 2008). descendents Tredunnock (Ceyne, 1383; Sines; Usk) Not known Fishery Llanhennock? Tredunnock, Llanhennock, Monmouthshire N N Before 1383; Not known Not known the Ceyne' in the Usk, probably 'sines' pool near Tredunnock. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7; (ST389939) Rented out to William Watkin at suppression Williams, 2001 Llys Tal-y-bont Grange (Lestalelond, Bridge at the brow of a hill court (W) Grange Llys Tal-y-bont Mynachdy, Cardiff (ST168789) Y Y Before 1291; Not known Held at Dissolution Riverside grange, land now occupied by housing of Mynachdy Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; Valor 1291; Llystaleybont, 1535) suburb of Cardiff, with nearby farmhouse Mynachdy-fawr. Ecclesiasticus, 1535; Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 St. Michael's church, Machen Church of saint Michael (ME) Church and portion of Machen Lower Machen, Newport (ST227881) Y Y Not known Held at Dissolution Grade II* listed church with mostly 15th century fabric. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 tithes Maestir Grange (Mastir Kanvawr, 1204; Open country, plain (W) Grange Maestir Pontymister, Risca, Caerphilly (ST242896) Y Y Before 1291; Probably Held at Dissolution Valley grange in Aber-carn manor at former site of Pontymister Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; Mayster, 1291; Maes-tir) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord Farm, now an industrial and retail park. Probably part of the Minister Accounts, 1536/7 of Caerleon or Bassaleg Priory land gifted to the abbey circa 1200. Later settlement descendents of Pontymister named for a medieval river-crossing on the pilgrims route to Penrhys (occupied by a Grade II listed remodelled early post- medieval bridge).

Maestir mill (Measter, Maister, 1543) Mill Maestir Pontymister, Risca, Caerphilly (ST242898) N N 1204 Held at Dissolution Record as built by the abbey in 1204. Ministers Accounts, 1536; Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, 1543 Capel Fynachlog Possibly prosperous (from ffynnu ) or Chapel Mynachdy Ynys-y-bwl and Coedy Cwm, Rhondda N N 1203; Agreement with Not known Possible grange chapel. Gray, 1997 well (from ffynnon ) place chapel (W) Cynon Taff (ST048943) Margam Abbey Appendix 4: Llantarnam (other holdings)

Land holding or landscape feature Name meaning (Mod E = Modern Holding or feature Grange or manor Location (including current civil parish/ HER NMR Date endowned and Held at Dissolution Notes Sources name (with variant spellings/ first English, OE = Old English, W = type containing the community and county/ unitary entry entry donor or earlier disposal dates for these) Welsh) feature authority, and OS grid reference) Corn mill Mill Mynachdy Ynys-y-bwl, Ynys-y-bwl and Coedy Cwm, N N 1203; Agreement with Not known Williams, 1990 Rhondda Cynon Taff (ST054950) Margam Abbey Mynachdy Grange (Pendar, before 1203) Monastery (W) Grange Mynachdy Mynachdy Farm, Ynys-y-bwl and Coedy N N 1203; Agreement with Not known Upland grange, possible originally the site of Pendar Abbey, near Williams, 2001 Cwm, Rhondda Cynon Taff (ST049951) Margam Abbey Ynys-y-bwl at the head of a tributary of the Taff above Pontypridd. Area known as Glynmynarch ('valley of the monks').

Mynachty Grange (Kammoys, Monastery (W) Grange Mynachty Park Wood, Michaelstone-y-Fedw, Newport Y N Before 1291; Probably Not known Possible former site of Basseleg Priory, cell of Glastonbury Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291 Raumneys, 1291; Blaen Rhymney) (ST246863) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord subsumed into lands of Llantarnam. Formerly known as Mynachty of Caerleon or Wood or Coed y Monachty. descendents St Istan's Chapel Chapel Mynachty Park Wood, Michaelstone-y-Fedw, Newport Y N 1314-5 Not known GGAT 00026g (ST246863) Corn mill Mill Mynyddislwyn Location not known N N Not known Not known Mynyddislwyn Manor (Menelthestyn, Grove below the mountain (W) Manor Mynyddislwyn Mynyddislwyn, Ynysddu, Caerphilly N N Before 1291; Probably Held at Dissolution Included the greater part of the upland parish of Mynyddislwyn west Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; 1291; Mon-y-thusloyne, 1784) (ST194939) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord of Mynyddislwyn Church (ST190940), excludes church and Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 of Caerleon or settlement. Probably part of the Bassaleg Priory land gifted to the descendents abbey circa 1200. Included woods of Glyn Ebvith (Ebbw valley) and Kelly Ezurnoun (Sirhowy valley). Managed by bailiff Jenkin ap Morgan at Dissolution.

Penmaen mill (Penmayn, 1543) Mill Mynyddislwyn Penmaen (ST197989) Y N Not known Held at Dissolution Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, 1543 St. Tudor's Church, Mynyddislwyn Grove below the mountain (W) Church and portion of Mynyddislwyn Mynyddislwyn, Ynysddu, Caerphilly N Y Not known Held at Dissolution Church recorded in early 12th century but with later fabric. Celtic Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 tithes (ST194939) dediction and rectangular enclosure suggest an earlier occupation.

Craig Rhiw Mynach (Monks Road or Rock of the monk's hillside road (W) Hill/ track Pen-rhys Penrhys, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff N N Road up to the shrine. Mahoney, 1981; Ward, 1914 Pilgrims Way) (ST007948) Ffynnon Fair Fair well (W) Well Pen-rhys Penrhys, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff Y Y Holy well visited by pilgrims. (ST002946) Pen-rhys (Pemrmenny? 1291; Penryce, Top of the moor (from rhos ) or Rhys Grange, later operated Pen-rhys Penrhys, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff Y Y 1203; Agreement with Held at Dissolution An upland grange and later manor, becoming an important Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291?; Valor 1535; Penryse, 1536; Mynachdy Pen- (pers. name) (W) as a manor (ST001946) Margam Abbey (farmed out) pilgrimage destination and source of income in the later monastic Ecclesiasticus, 1535; Ministers rhys) period. Pemrmenny (1291), possibly a reference to the same Accounts, 1536/7 holding? At forty kilometres from the abbey, Penrhys was more than one day distant, therefore Cistercian rules dictated that responsibility would have to be devolved to in situ monks and conversi. The distance from the abbey and extent of terrain would come to dictate that it would be farmed out to tenants from an early stage, as recorded by 1316. Field-names of interest: Erw Porth (the gate land, indicating an enclosure and gateway). Shrine of the Virgin Mary pilgrimage Chapel Pen-rhys Penrhys, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff Y Y 1203; Agreement with Held at Dissolution Settlement established near the chapel. Field-names include Cae’r Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1535; chapel, Pen-rhys (Penryce, 1535; (ST001946) Margam Abbey Eglwys (church field), Y Fynwent ('the graveyard'), Cae Tyla Capel Ministers Accounts, 1536/7; Ward, Penryse, 1536) (‘field of the chapel ascent’) and Erw Beddau, indicating burial. A 1914 modern housing estate is directly adjacent to the chapel.

Ty’r Rostrys (Pen-rhys Uchaf) House of the moorland ? (W) Tavern or hospice Pen-rhys Penrhys, Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taff Y Y Tavern for pilgrims at shrine. Later occupied by Penrhys Uchaf Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 (ST003946) farmhouse, now demolished.

Ynys Nawad (Henesnawyt, 1203; Buarth New meadow (W) Portion of land? Pen-rhys Buarth y Capel, Llanwonno, Rhondda N N Land in Llanwonno confirmed to Llantarnam in agreement dividing Penrice Manor Survey, 1633; y Capel, nineteenth century) Cynon Taff (actual location not known) lands in Rhondda with Margam Abbey (not included in Taxatio, Ward, 1914 1291); probably part of exchange with Gilbert de Clare. Returned to abbey? Mynachty in Llanwonno (1633). St. Gwnog (Gwaynoge, 1536; Quenocke Saint Gwnog Church and portion of Ponthir? Near Ponthir, Ponthir, Monmouthshire Y N Not known Held at Dissolution Field called Cae Chapel. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 Chapel) tithes (ST337929) Grange chapel Chapel Pwl-pan Pwl Pan Farm, Llanwern, Newport (location Y N Williams, 1990 not known) Pwl-pan Grange (Pelren, Pelpen, 1291; Possibly top or end (from pen ) of the Grange Pwl-pan Pwl Pan Farm, Llanwern, Newport Y N Before 1291; Probably Held at Dissolution Grange on drained land of Caldicot Level, including Black Moors. Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; Valor Pulpen, 1535; Pulpin, 1707) pool (W) (ST355877) Hywel ab Iorwerth, lord (farmed out) Building and enclosure remains, lands now partly occupied by school Ecclesiasticus, 1535; Ministers of Caerleon grounds. The abbey grange was adjacent to an estate in the same Accounts, 1536/7; Magna Porta parish belonging to another monastic house, Goldcliff Priory. Field- Court Book, 1800 names include: Erw-porth and Cae’r-porth (indications of gateway to grange). Post-medieval Magna Porta and Pwal-pan manor included a portion of land in Nash parish south of Pwl-pan, which may have included a monastic windmill at Windmill Tump. Appendix 4: Llantarnam (other holdings)

Old Park Old park (ME) Portion of land Usk Early 16th century; Held at Dissolution ‘The farm of the King’s Park by the town of Usk, called the old park.’ Williams, 1976 Morgan Jones Arail (Aberystruth, 1536; Arrail, 1886) Guard or care for (W) Possible grange, sub- Wentsland and Arail Farm, Abertillery (ST212031) Y N Not known Held at Dissolution Upland farm in Wentsland and Bryngwyn manor, possibly a stand- Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 unit or portion of land? Bryngwyn (farmed out) alone grange or sub-unit managed from another grange. Bedwellte Portion of land Wentsland and N N Land at Blaen Rhymney. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 Bryngwyn

Brogwyn White land or vale or in the mountain Grange? Wentsland and Possibly Byrgwm, E of Abertillery? N N Before 1292; Not known Held at Dissolution Grange 'in the mountain' in the Lordship of Abergavenny, recorded Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 (W) Bryngwyn (farmed out) in 1292. Hafodyrynys (Crip, 1291; Havodyrynis, River meadows of the summer Possible grange, sub- Wentsland and Hafodyrynys, Abertillery (ST223989) N N Before 1291; Not known Not held at Possibly a stand-alone grange or sub-unit managed from another Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; 1582; Harod-yr-Innis, 1784; Havod-yr- dwelling or farm (W) unit or portion of land? Bryngwyn Dissolution grange William Morgan Inquisition post ynys, 1785; Hafod yr Ynis, 1846) mortem, 1582 Hafodyrynys mill River meadows of the summer Mill Wentsland and Hafodyrynys, Abertillery (ST223989) N N Not known Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; dwelling or farm (W) Bryngwyn Ministers Accounts, 1536/7

Held at Dissolution (farmed out) Llanhilledd mill (Llanhilleth) Church of saint Heledd (W) Mill Wentsland and Llanhileth, Torfaen (actual location not N N Not known Not held at Two mills. Williams, 1990 Bryngwyn known) Dissolution Manmoel Bare hill rock (W) Possible grange, sub- Wentsland and Manmoel, Argoed, Caerphilly (ST180033) Y N Not known Not known Upland farm in Wentsland and Bryngwyn manor with chapel, court Williams, 1990 unit or portion of land? Bryngwyn and mill, possibly a stand-alone grange or sub-unit managed from another grange. Possibly included upland farmstead of Cruglwyn bounded by a large ditch which may indicate limit of grange.

Manmoel mill (Melin van Howell) Bare hill rock (W) Mill Wentsland and (SO179031) Y N Not known Not held at Williams, 1990 Bryngwyn Dissolution Mynachdy-tir-waun Grange (Managhtir Monastery meadowland (W) Grange Wentsland and Court Farm, Llavihangel Pont-y-moel, N N After 1291; Probably Held at Dissolution Valley grange in Wentsland and Bryngwyn manor. Bradney (1993) Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1535; Weyn, 1535; Court Farm) Bryngwyn Trevethin (ST305012) lords of Caerleon located the grange at the nearby Mynachdy farm, but Williams Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 (2001) identifies Grade II listed Court Farm with 17th century origins as the probably location, with Mynachdy an out-farm of Tintern Abbey's Pethlenny grange. St. Cadoc church, Trefethin Church of saint Cadoc (ME/W) Church and portion of Wentsland and Trefethin, Trefethin (ST284020) Y Y Not known Held at Dissolution Grade II listed medieval church with 16th century fabric. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 tithes Bryngwyn St. Illtyd Church, Llanhiledd Saint Illtyd (W) Church and portion of Wentsland and Llanhileth, Torfaen (ST218019) Y N Not known Held at Dissolution Church possibly constructed by abbey. Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 tithes Bryngwyn Tir-y-mynach (Tor-y-Mynydd , 1536; The monk's land (W) Church and portion of Wentsland and Great Tyr Mynach, Llanarth, Y N Not known Held at Dissolution Lowland grange in the Usk valley. Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; Bryngwyn, 1536; Great Tyr Mynach) tithes Bryngwyn Monmouthshire (ST398083) Ministers Accounts, 1536/7 Wentsland and Bryngwyn Manor (Wenmy Gwent land and little hill (Mod E/W) Manor Wentsland and Across historic parishes of Llaniledd, N N Before 1291; Not known Held at Dissolution Included 'old ruins' in Carleon (see The Priory above). 1659 Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291; Valor 1291; Wentisland and Bryngwyn, 1535; Bryngwyn Abersychan, Trefethin, Pontypool, reference to Mynachty yr Waine (meadow of the monastery), outside Ecclesiasticus, 1535; William Wentsland and Bringwin, 1582; Llanfihangel, Pont-y-moel, Mamheilad and of bounds of manor. Managed by bailiff Watkin John at Dissolution. Morgan Inquisition post mortem, Wentisland, Bryngwin, 1785) Bryngwyn 1582

Enefnacrinet (1291) Not known Portion of land Not known Not known N N Before 1291; Not known Not known Possibly in Wentsland manor? Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291

Gaynet (1291) Not known Portion of land Not known Not known N N Before 1291; Not known Not known Taxatio Ecclesiastica, 1291