80 GROSMONT. MONMOUTHSHIRE. [KELLY'!t
miles south-east from Pontrilas station, on the Newport badge, or symbol, not only from the name of the castle, and Hereford section of the Great Western railway, II but from the profusion of red roses growing spon north-east from Abergavenny, u miles from Monmouth tlmeously in every brake on this beautiful spot; th& by road and 14 south from Hereford, in the Northern remains include two round towers nnd an exquisit& d1vision of the county, hundred and petty sessional divi chimney in the north wall, dating from about 1300. The l!lion of Skenfrith, union of Dore, county court district fortress, long in a neglected state, was restored in 1894 of Hereford, rural deanery of Abergavenny, arch deaconry at the sole expense of the 8th Duke of Beaufort K.G. A ~f Monmouth and diocese of Llandaff. The town and very handsome gate of wood, with ornamental ironwork, adjoining farms are abundantly supplied with pure has been fixed at the entrance. The ruins, now belonging water conveyed through pipes from The Graig Hill, 2 to Col. E. Lucas-Scudamore, of Castle Shane, eo. miles distant, laid down in 1907-8 by Garnet Edwin Mc•naghan, Ireland, are under the control of Mr. Bevan esq. proprietor of the water works. The church W. H. S. Whitney J.P. as Hon. Warden, from whom of St. Nicholas is a cruciform building of stone, in the the keys can always be obtained gratuitously. In early Transitional and Early English styles, consisting of times Grosmont· was much subjected to sudden sur chancel, spacious nave, aisles, transepts with aisles, prises and incursions from the Welsh. Henry Ill. and side chapel, north porch and a central octagonal tower his queen are said to have occasionally resided at their "With spire containing 6 bells: in I Boo the spire was castle at Grosmont, which afterwards became a favourite restored at a cost of £ Ioo, chiefly defrayed by Lord residence of the Earl& and Dukes of Lancaster, and Llangattock; it was partly built during the 13th century still, with the surrounding neighbourhood, forms a part bv Eleanor of Provence, Queen of Henry Ill. under the of the Duchy. Dan-y-Graig, the charming residence of direction of a French architect, and partakes largely Capt. Godfrey Radcliffe, in this parish, has some fine ul the style of that country and period; the chancel, old oak carvings, and a beautiful cabinet once belonging as an example of the Early English style, has scarcely to th·~ Lady Jane Grey. Part-y-Seal is the residence of a parallel in any of the rural parishes ; there is a Henry Partridge esq. J.P. Col. Edward Lucas-S(jlda Norman font; the church was restored during the period more D.L., J.P. is lord of the manor. The principal 1870·75, at a cost of £z,g88; in 1886 the nave was landowners are CoL Edward Lucas-Scudamore, of Castle thoroughly restored at the sole cost of the ISt Baron Shane, eo. Monaghan, Ireland, Rev. T. G. Williams, Llangattock, who also erected a handsome screen of oak Douglas William Graham esq. of Hilston Park, St. • and glass; only the transepts and chancel are used for Maughan's, Edward Kendal Edmonds Mardon esq. J.P., divine service ; in the church is a mutiliated effigy of Capt . .A. W. W. Pope, Gwylim C. James esq. of Henry (Plantagent), Earl of Lancaster, Derby, Lincoln Llanwsyg, Crickhowell, Breconshire, Capt. GodfrPy and Leicester, and Duke of Lancaster K.G. ob. 24 Radcliffe and William Henry Smith Whitney esq. J.P. March, 1361, who was born at the castle of Grosmont; The soil is red clay and loam; subsoil, marl, but most the figure is of heroic size, clad in armour and bearing of the land is devoted to pasturage. The area is 6,76I a kite-shaped shield: there are 206 sittings. The acres of land and 38 of water; rateable value, £5,14I; register dates from the year IS8g. The living is a the population in I9II was 561 in the civil parish and rect-ory, net yearly value £2oo, with residence, in the 366 in the ecclesiastical parish, which includes a very gift of the Bishop of Gloucester, and held since 1884 small part of Llantilio Crossenny. by the Rev. Charles Wesley. Here are places of worship for Primitive ::\