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LLANLLOWELL is a parish on the old road from Usk to Newport, and on the river Olway near its junction with the Usk, 1� miles south-east from Usk station on the Great Western Railway, in the Southern division of the county, upper division of Usk hundred, petty sessional divisions and county court district of Usk, union of Pontypool, and in the rural deanery of Usk, archdeaconry of Monmouth and diocese of Llandaff.
The church is a very ancient structure, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells: the porch is interesting, and there is a good Norman font: the church affords 70 sittings. The register dates from the year 1664. The living is a rectory, net income �120, with glebe, in the gift of H. S. Gustard esq. and held since 1889 by the Rev. George Micaiah Williams, of Queen's College, Oxford, who is also vicar of Llanbadoc. The principal seat is Glen Court, the residence of Mrs.Waddington. Alfred Addams-Williams esq. is lord of the manor, Miss Buckingham and Mrs. Waddington own most of th& land in the parish. The soil is stiff loam; subsoil, clay and marl. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area is 782 acres of land and 18 of water; rateable value, �837; the population in 1891 was 75. Parish Clerk: John Parry. Letters through Usk arrive at 9.0 a.m. Usk is the nearest money order & telegraph office, 1� miles distant. The nearest Post Office is at Llantrissent, cleared at 4.50 p.m. week days only The children of this parish attend the school at Llantrissent.
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