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'''Llanover''' ({{lang-cy|Llanofer}}) is a village in [[Monmouthshire]], south east [[Wales]], [[United Kingdom]]. |
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[[File:The southern end of Llanover village - geograph.org.uk - 971647.jpg|thumb|Llanover village]] |
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'''Llanover''' ({{IPAc-en|l|ə|'|n|oʊ|v|ə}}; {{lang-cy|Llanofer}}; {{IPA|cy|ɬaˈnɔvɛr}}) is a village in the [[Community (Wales)|community]] of [[Goetre Fawr]] in [[Monmouthshire]], [[Wales]]. |
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== Name == |
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The name of the village derives from an earlier Welsh form ''Llanfyfor'', made up of ''llan'' 'enclosure, church' and the personal name ''Myfor''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morgan |first=Richard |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61528464 |title=Place-names of Gwent |publisher=Gwasg Carreg Gwalch |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-86381-956-8 |location=Llanrwst |pages=136 |language=en |oclc=61528464}}</ref> |
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== Location == |
== Location == |
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Llanover is located four miles south of [[Abergavenny]] just off the [[A4042 road]] to [[Pontypool]]. The community includes the separate hamlets of [[Llanfair Kilgeddin]], [[Llanvihangel Gobion]], [[Llanddewi Rhydderch]] and [[The Bryn]] (a.k.a. Llangattock Nigh Usk). |
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==Governance== |
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Llanover is located four miles south of [[Abergavenny]] just off the [[A4042 road]] to [[Pontypool]]. |
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An [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]] exists in the same name. This ward includes the parish of [[Llanarth, Monmouthshire|Llanarth]] and elects a county councillor to [[Monmouthshire County Council]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002 |date=6 December 2002 |publisher=Statutory Instruments|website=legislation.gov.uk |url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2002/3275/made |accessdate=1 January 2019}}</ref> The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,284.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanover-w05000810#sthash.a2tf9JiK.dpbs|title=Ward population 2011|accessdate=3 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407141820/http://www.ukcensusdata.com/llanover-w05000810#sthash.a2tf9JiK.dpbs|archive-date=7 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> There was formerly a community called "Llanover", in 2022 its boundaries changed so that the village of Llanover became part of Goetre Fawr and the community of "Llanover" was renamed [[Gobion Fawr]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2021/1227/made|title=The Monmouthshire (Communities) Order 2021|publisher=[[legislation.gov.uk]]|accessdate=21 May 2022}}</ref> The population taken at the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 1,392.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125958&c=Llanover&d=16&e=62&g=6496693&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1428093921403&enc=1|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 3 April 2015}}</ref> |
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== History & |
== History & amenities == |
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[[File:St. Bartholomew's Church, Llanover - geograph.org.uk - 281572.jpg|right|200px|thumb|St Bartholomew's church]] |
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{{main|Llanover House}} |
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Llanover is associated with [[Lady Llanover]] who lived locally all her life and certainly left her mark on the village and the surrounding Llanover estate, still privately owned today. Her husband [[Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover| Sir Benjamin Hall]] became Baron Llanover. |
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Llanover is an [[estate village]] associated with the Hall family. Augusta [[Lady Llanover]] lived locally all her life and left her mark on the village and the surrounding Llanover House estate which remains privately owned. Her husband [[Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover|Sir Benjamin Hall]] became Baron Llanover. Her sisters, diplomatic hostess and author [[Frances Bunsen]] and Emily grew up there, educated by their mother Georgina Mary Ann, (née Port) (1771–1850), with Augusta and Frances surviving to become co-heiresses to the estate from their father Benjamin Waddington.<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias von, Baron von Bunsen in the Prussian nobility (1791–1860), diplomatist and scholar hostess and biographer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-53760|access-date=2021-05-31|year=2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/53760|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8}}</ref> [[Llanover House]] was demolished in 1936 but the park survives relatively intact and is designated at Grade II* on the [[Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales]].<ref>{{NHAW|uid=294|num=PGW(Gt)41(MON)|desc=Llanover Park|class=HPG|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> |
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[[St Bartholomew's Church, Llanover]] is a grade II* listed building.<ref>{{NHAW|num=1992|desc=Church of St Bartholomew, Llanover|grade=II*|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> The [[River Usk]] flows close by, and to the west lies the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal, a scenic recreational boating route. More recently, Llanover is the birthplace of [[Penelope Fillon]], the wife of [[François Fillon]], former [[Cabinet of François Fillon|Prime Minister of France]] and candidate in the [[2017 French presidential election]]s. |
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The village church is dedicated to [[St. Bartholomew]] and is a grade II* listed building. <ref> {{cite web| url = http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-1992-church-of-st-bartholomew-llanover|title= Church of St. Bartholomew, Llanover|publisher= British Listed Buildings|accessdate = 17 January 2014}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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The [[River Usk]] flows close by, and to the west lies the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal, a scenic recreational boating route. |
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* [http://www.llanover.com/ The Llanover Estate website] |
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Revision as of 14:51, 10 September 2024
Llanover (/ləˈnoʊvə/; Welsh: Llanofer; Welsh pronunciation: [ɬaˈnɔvɛr]) is a village in the community of Goetre Fawr in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Name
The name of the village derives from an earlier Welsh form Llanfyfor, made up of llan 'enclosure, church' and the personal name Myfor.[1]
Location
Llanover is located four miles south of Abergavenny just off the A4042 road to Pontypool. The community includes the separate hamlets of Llanfair Kilgeddin, Llanvihangel Gobion, Llanddewi Rhydderch and The Bryn (a.k.a. Llangattock Nigh Usk).
Governance
An electoral ward exists in the same name. This ward includes the parish of Llanarth and elects a county councillor to Monmouthshire County Council.[2] The total ward population at the 2011 census was 2,284.[3] There was formerly a community called "Llanover", in 2022 its boundaries changed so that the village of Llanover became part of Goetre Fawr and the community of "Llanover" was renamed Gobion Fawr.[4] The population taken at the 2011 census was 1,392.[5]
History & amenities
Llanover is an estate village associated with the Hall family. Augusta Lady Llanover lived locally all her life and left her mark on the village and the surrounding Llanover House estate which remains privately owned. Her husband Sir Benjamin Hall became Baron Llanover. Her sisters, diplomatic hostess and author Frances Bunsen and Emily grew up there, educated by their mother Georgina Mary Ann, (née Port) (1771–1850), with Augusta and Frances surviving to become co-heiresses to the estate from their father Benjamin Waddington.[6] Llanover House was demolished in 1936 but the park survives relatively intact and is designated at Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.[7]
St Bartholomew's Church, Llanover is a grade II* listed building.[8] The River Usk flows close by, and to the west lies the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal, a scenic recreational boating route. More recently, Llanover is the birthplace of Penelope Fillon, the wife of François Fillon, former Prime Minister of France and candidate in the 2017 French presidential elections.
References
- ^ Morgan, Richard (2005). Place-names of Gwent. Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-86381-956-8. OCLC 61528464.
- ^ The County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Statutory Instruments. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "The Monmouthshire (Communities) Order 2021". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ "Bunsen, Christian Karl Josias von, Baron von Bunsen in the Prussian nobility (1791–1860), diplomatist and scholar hostess and biographer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/53760. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 31 May 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Cadw. "Llanover Park (PGW(Gt)41(MON))". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Cadw. "Church of St Bartholomew, Llanover (Grade II*) (1992)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
External links
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