GENUKI: Llanwenarth, Monmouthshire (original) (raw)

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"LLANWENARTH, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Abergavenny, county Monmouth, 2 miles N.W. of Abergavenny, its post town, and 9 from Crickhowell. It is situated at the foot of the Sugarloaf Hill, called here Pen-y-Foil, and is watered by the river Usk. Coal and ironstone are obtained. The village is considerable. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff, value with the curacy of Govilon, £470. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The charities amount to about £4 per annum." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)

”Llanwenarth, a parish comprising Llanwenarth- Citra, in the lower, and Llanwenarth-Ultra, in the upper, division of the hundred of ABERGAVENNY, county of MONMOUTH, 2 miles (N. W. by W.) from Abergavenny, and containing 2001 inhabitants, of which number, 188 are in the Citra, and 1813 in the Ultra, division. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff, rated in the king's books at £26. 6. 3. The Earl of Abergavenny was patron in 1780. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. There is a place of worship for Baptists. At Carn-y-Derris, in this parish, coal and iron works have been lately established.” (Samuel Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1831)

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According to the Kain/Oliver maps Citra is the part of the parish of Llanwenarth which is north of the River Usk and Ultra is that part below the river

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