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TREVETHIN is an ecclesiastical parish, and under the provisions of the "Local Government Act, 1894," is included in the civil parish of Abersychan. It is on the river Avon Lwyd, and one mile northeast from Pontnewynydd station on the Eastern Valleys branch of the Great Western railway from Newport to Blaenavon, and is 1 mile north-west from Pontypool, in the Northern division of the county, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Pontypool, rural deanery of Blaenau Gwent, archdeaconry of Monmouth and diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. Cadoc is an edifice of stone, in the Early English style, erected in 1846 on the site of an older building, the tower of which, with pinnacles, was retained and raised 8 feet: it consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, transepts, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing 8 bells: a stained east window was erected November, 1890, to 181 colliers, killed at the "Llanerch" and "Glyn" pits in the early part of the same year; there is also a memorial window in the south transept to Capel Hanbury-Leigh esq. of Pontypool Park: there are also several tablets to members of the Leigh family: the church has 700 sittings: in the churchyard are several ancient yew trees, and two lych-gates have been added. The register dates from the year 1651. The living is a vicarage, with Pontypool annexed, net yearly income �346, with residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff, and held since 1901 by the Rev. Edward Morgan B.A. of Cambridge University. The lady and lords the manor are:- Miss Julia Guise. Sir Nicholas WiIIiam George Throckmorton (baronet) of Buckland, Faringdon, Berkshire. Philip Witham esq. Henry White esq. The Rev. George Fettiplace John Gwynne Evans-Gwynne M.A., vicar of Potton, Bedfordshire. Francis Tothill esq. of Stoke Bishop, Bristol. The principal landowners are John Capel Hanbury esq. of Pontypool Park, and Lord Tredegar. The soil is gravelly, subsoil, stone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, and a good deal of pasturage. The area, rateable value and population is now given for the whole civil parish under Abersychan. Sexton, Elijah Trumper.
Letters through Pontypool, which is the nearest post, money order & telegraph office, arrive at 7 & 8.30 a.m. & 3.30 & 6.30 p.m.; sun. 9 a.m
A School Board of 9 members was formed for the old parish of Trevethin, 10 June, 1874. The children attend the Board schools at Pontypool & Abersychan.
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