~Ionl\IOUTHSHIRE. Sion, Union and County Court District of Chepstow, Usk the Duke of :Beaufort K.G

$~Ionl\IOUTHSHIRE. Sion, Union and County Court District of Chepstow, Usk the Duke of :Beaufort K.G$ 56 KILGWRROG. ~IONl\IOUTHSHIRE. sion, union and county court district of Chepstow, Usk The Duke of :Beaufort K.G. is lord of the manor and rural deanery (Eastern division), archdea.conry of Mon- principal landowner. The soil is a stiff loam; subsoil, mouth and diocese of Llandaff. The church is a small clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and roots. and ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, The area. is 659 acres; rateable value, £362; the popu consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an open lation in 1891 was 92. turret containing one bell: there are 50 sittings. There Parish Clerk, John Edmonds. i~ a rude cross of some antiquity in the churchyard. The overseers collect the rates in turn The register dates only from the y-ear 1813. The living is a rectory, annexed in 1884 to Wolves-Newton, tithe Letters through Chepstow, arrive at 12.30 p.m. Shire- rent-charge (Kilgwrrog) £64, joint net yearly income newton is the nearest money order & St. Arvans the £294, with one acre of glebe here, in the gift of the nearest telegraph office. The nearest Letter :Box at. Bishop of Llandaff and Archdeacon of Llandaff alter- Newchurch West, cleared at 4. 25 p.m rrrately, and held since 1891 by the Rev. Charles Carne The parish is included in the United School :Board dis- Wiaiamll M.A. of Jesus College, Oxford, who resides trict of East & West Newchurch, formed II Dec. ut Wolves-Newton. There is a Bible Christian chapel. 1874, & the school is at Devauden, Newchurch East Bevan Caroline (MrSJ.), shopkeeper Bevan Jane (Mrs.), cowkeepr.The Hill Pask James, farmer, Winslow houst} Bevan Edwin, farmer, Clethatane H3rris John, farmer, Plantation farm PaRk :N"ehemiah, farmer l:dmonds John (Mrs.), farmer, Little Morgan Albert, farmer Reece John, farmer, Kilgwrrog farm Kilgvrrrog Pask Henry,beer retailer & blacksmth WaIters Alfred, farmer, Bettws LLANARTH is a. parish on the river Usk, 4 miles distributed: twice yearly in the parish. Llanarth Court, west-by-north from Penpergwm station on the Newport, the seat of John Arthur Edwarlt Herbert esq. D.L., Abergavenny and Hereford line of the Great Western J.P. is a magnificent building of stone, in the Italian railway, 31 miles north-west from Raglan station on style, delightfully situated and surrounded with grounds the Ooleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool sectioo of 240 atlres in extent; Clytha Park is the seat of W. the same railway and 6 south-east from Abergavenny, Regina~d Herbert esq. D.L.• J.P.; and Drynderwen, the in the Southern division of the county, Raglan hundred seat of Charles R. H. Bruce esq. The Duke of Bean and petty sessional division, union and county court dis- fort, who is lord of the manor, W. Reginald Herbert esq. trict of Abergavenny, Raglan and Trellech highway dis- and John Arthur Edward Herbert esq. are the principal trict, rural deanery of Abergavenny (south-western divi- landowners. The soil is sandy, resting on sandstone and sion), archdeaconry of Monmouth and diocese of Llan- stiff clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley and beans. da.ff. The church stands on the foundation of an earlier The area is 1,907 acres; rateable value, £2,612; the fabric, which, together with the glebe, tithe and appur- population in 1891 was 262. tenances, was given by King Offa in the 7th century to Clytha is a hamlet, It mile south. The ar.ea is 1,795 the Bishop of Llandaff and his successors in the see for acres; the rateable value, £2,460; the population in ever, and is an ancient building of stone, in the Early 1891 was 302. English and Perpendicu~ar styles, consisting of chancel, Parish Clerk, Thomas Janes. nave, south .porch and an .e~battled western tower with Post Office. Evan Wi:liams, sub-postmaster. Letters crocketed. pmnacles contammg 6 bells: the tower has received through Newport, arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched a square turret at the no!th-east angle, also embattled: at 4. 20 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not the church w~s .restore.d m 18 91 at. a cost.of £855, ~d paid. The nearest money order office is at Raglan It affords 200 slttmgs: m the churchyard IS an anCient telegraph office at Llanvihangel Gobion ston~ of th~ 7th. c~ntury, c~,rve~ with a cros~, and also Wall Letter Box at Clytha, cleared at 3.50 p.m bearmg an lDscrlption now llleglble. The reglster dates County Constabulary John Jones constable from the year 1598. The living is a vicarage, commuted " tithe :rent-chuge £213, average £150, net yearly value ... ~chools. £250, with 61 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift NatIonal (mIXed), bUIlt 10 1857, for 60 children; aver- of the nean and Chapter of Llandaff and held since 1883 age attendance, 38; Joseph H. Barnecutt, master; by the Rev. Joseph "Wneeler Osm~n RD. of Durham there is also a Sunday school University. The Catholic chapel here is dedicated to Catholic, Clytha, built in 1848, for. 80 chi~dren; average St. Mary. Charities amounting to £70 yearly are attendance, 65; taught by the Slsters of St Paul (Marked thus * receive letters *Smythe Capt. J. Waiter J.P. Hill *Marfell Richd. miller (water), ClyLha through Usk.) grove, Clytha McDollnell Mary (Mrs.), Swan inn, Clytha PRIVATE RESIDENTS. COMMERCIAL.. Matthews James, farm bailiff to W. *nruce Charles R. H. Brynderwen, Davies Edgar, farmer, Great house Reginald Herbert esq. Clytha Clyths *Evans Solomon, farmer, Upper Phillipson Henry, sub-agent to John Delerue Rev.Edmd. (Catholic),Pitt ho house, Clytha Arthnr Herbert esq. Brynteg Hl'rbert John Arthur Edward D.L.• Griffiths Wm.David,farmer,White ho Powell Samuel, farmer, Pennyrowel J.P. Llanarth court Hidrs Ilanbury, farmer, Field farm Pugh James, head gardener to John Ih·rbert Maj.-Gen. Ivor John Caradoe lIolmes l"rederick, farmer, Tydu farm Arthur Euward Herbert esq C.B., D.L., J.P. Llanarth court James Thomas, carpenter *Tedman Samh (Mrs.), tailor, Olytha tlRerbert Maj.FrancisJoseph .Alphonse JOl1l'S John, blacksmith Thomas John, farmer, North farm D.L., J.P. Ty-Gwyn, Clytha. ~J ones Philip, farmer, Longbarn farm Tborne -, farmer, Court Morgan *Herbert W. Reginald D.L., J.P. «\Tones Rbt.farmer,Tynewydd, Clytha "Williamg Evan, grocer & post office (master of the Monmouthshire J onps William, farmer, Gt.Trenewydd Williams Henry, farmer, Red house hounds), Clytha park, Clytha Lewis Thos.& Walter,farmers,Fynollc WiUiams John, farmer, Cefn Ooch Lewis Samuel, Aberffrwd "'"Lewis Oadelia (Mrs.), farmer, White 1YiJliams Roger, farm bailiff to Mr. *Marfell Peter, Trostrey 10. Clytha house, Clytha Gl'orge Morgan, Llwnderry Osman Rev.Jsph.Wheeler RD.Vicarge *~rarfell Peter, jun. farmer, ClyLha "'i~liams Wm. H. farmer, Cl-.uT<:h fm LLANBADOC (or LlanTIadodock) is a parish and vil- of and resides at LlanUowell. The princ~pal seats are [age on the we~t bank of tJhe river Usk, and nearly Cern lIa, of Major Edward Longworth Lis·ter D.L., J.P. ; opposite the town of Usk, half a mile west-S'Outh-we-st Helmaen, of Phiiip Alfred Williams esq. J.P. and Twyn from C'sk railway stati-on llnd 7 miles east from pQnty. Bell, of Maj.-Gen. Josias Dunn J.P. The principal land pool, in the Soutlhern division of the county, hundred, owners are the Duke of Beaufort P.C., K.G. who is lord petty !essional division and couniy court district of of the manm, Major Edward Longworth Lister and Usk, union of PontJpool, rural deanery of Usk (western Edml.rd P. Martin esq. of DQwlais. The s'Oil is silurian; division), archdeaconry of Monmouth and diocese {If mbsoil,. gravel and white clay. Tb-e chief crops are Llandaff. The church of St. M-adoc is an ancient build- wheat, barley and oats. The area 1s 3,465 acres; rate ing of st-one, in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, able value, £3,683; the popul'Stion in 1891 was 386. nave, north aisle, south porch and an embattled western Sexton, Thomas Bowyer. tower containing 2 belb: th'ere are 140 5itting~. The Le'ttt:ers thr-ough Usk, which is the nearest money order register oJ baptisms dates from the year 1710; mar- & telegrnph office, amive at 8.30 a.m ri-ages. 17II; burials, 1728. The livin'g is 8 vicarage, Wall Letter Box cleared at 6.33 p.m net yearly value £72, in the gift of H. S. Gust0.rd esq. This p!ace is included in the Glascoed United School a~ held since 1883 by the Rev. George Micaiah Board district & the children attend the schools at Williia.ms, of QU'e'en's Cdllege, Oxford, who is also rector Glascoed &; Usk Cook Mrs. Oakfield Dunn Maj.-Gen. Josias J.P.Twyn.Bell Gething William Barkley, The Cedar! Corner Capt. Edward EIgie, Usk val,) Lister Major Edward Longworth D.L., Phillips Misse~ Myrtle villa Dougls! Alexander, River view J.P. Cefn Ila Sa b~hell Mrs. Glenyrafon.

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