Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANISHEN

LLANISHEN, a parish in the district and county of Monmouth; near Olway brook, 4 miles E by S of Llandenny r. station, and 6½ SSW of Monmouth. Posttown, Chepstow. Acres, 1,742. Real property, £1,904. Pop., 320. Houses, 72. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £64. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is good. Charities, £22.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Llanishen CP/AP       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Llanishen

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