Llanthony, Monmouthshire

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Llanthony is a settlement in Monmouthshire

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Llanthony within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Llanthony in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Llanthony Abbey, ruin, Cwmyoy par., Monmouthshire, on river Honddu, 9½ miles N. of Abergavenny; P.O., called Llanthony; was built 1108-15, and presents extensive and interesting remains. Llanthony Abbey forms a curacy, the statistics being included in Cwmyoy par. The name Llanthony is a corruption of Llanddewi-Nant-Honddu.

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