Llangarren, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1879

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1879

LLANGARREN.

LLANGARRON is a parish and village 5 miles south-west from Ross, 6 north from Monmouth, 13 south from Hereford, in Wormelow hundred, Ross county court district and union, Harewood's End petty sessional district, Archenfield rural deanery and Hereford archdeaconry and diocese, situated on the Garron Brook, one of the principal tributaries of the River Wye, and is about 3 miles north of that river. The church of St. Deinst, an old stone building in the Anglo-Norman style, has been repaired and enlarged, and contains 475 sittings, 194 of which are free: it has chancel, nave north aisle, tower with spire and porch, and contains four monuments. The register dates from the year 1569. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of St. Weonard's, joint yearly value £500, and about 30 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, and held by the Rev. Henry John Potts, B.A. of trinity College, Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan and Congregational chapels. Langstone court, now the residence of John Jones, esq. M.D., J.P. is a very old mansion, supposed to have been built bi Inigo Jones: this mansion was in the possession of the Gwylliams, and in an old stable was found a pane of glass on which were engraved the names of Mr. And Mrs. Gwylliam, bearing date 1681; several antiquities have been found here, and from its great age and many curiosities the mansion forms a prominent feature in the objects of interest in the neighbourhood. Penrithan Court is now a farm house. The parish is in several manors. The Governors of Guy's Hospital, Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, bart. M.P. Thomas Mayos, esq. And John Jones, esq. Are chief landowners. The soil is sandy and loamy; subsoil, chiefly sandstone and rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 5,605 acres; rateable value, £9,349; and the population in 1871 was 1,156.

   LONGROVE, or Llangrove, 1½ mile south, is now an ecclesiastical parish, and will be found under a separate head.

   LLANCLODY is 2 miles west. Here is a Wesleyan chapel.

   LEWSON is 1½ miles south. The Congregational chapel is here

   KILREAGUE, or Kilrhyg, Llangunnoch, Langstone with Trewan, Trecilla, and Tredoughan are townships, which have only jurisdiction for highway purposes.

   KILREAGUE or Kilrhyg township is 1 mile west

   LLANGUNNOCH township is 2 miles north-west

   LANGSTONE township is 1 mile north

   TREWAN township is 2 miles south

   TRECILLA township is ¼ mile north-east

   TREDOUGHAN township is 1 mile south-east

   Parish Clerk.- John Morris

   POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Eliza Rudge, postmistress. Letters arrive from Ross at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. Whitchurch is the nearest money order office.

   National School.- William Lord, master.

Llangarron
Bird John, Panbrook	Jones John, M.D., J.P. Langstone Court
Coke Rev. William, B.A. Garron Cottage	Llewelyn John, Tre-Evan
Hartland James, Biddleston	Potts Rev. Henry John, B.A. [vicar]
COMMERCIAL
Banton Thomas, shopkeeper	Notley Charles, miller, Trereece Mill
Barrell John, King's Head, Llancloudy	Partridge Cornelius, machinist
Berrow Theophilus Gilbert, farmer, Llangarron Court	Partridge Edward, boot and shoemaker
Bevan William, tailor	Pope George, farmer
Clark James, cooper, Common	Priddy Charles, shopkeeper and blacksmith, Llancloudy
Davies James, farmer, Park Mill	Ragband William, mason
Drinkwater George Edward, farmer	Reynolds Isaac, carpenter
Evans James, farmer, Lower Trewan	Rudge William, farmer
Evans William, farmer, Langstone	Scudamore George, farmer, Treworgan
Garness Samuel, boot and shoemaker	Scudamore Thomas, farmer
Griffiths Thomas, miller, Langstone Mill	Sherriff Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Tredunoch
Hartland James, farmer, Biddlestone	Spencer William, farm bailiff to T. M. Mayos, esq.
James John, farmer, Upper Field	Taylor Thomas, farmer, Hill Farm
Keddle Thomas, farmer, Penblaith Farm	Tummey John, Three Horseshoes
Lewis Humphrey, farmer, Treburnfrey Farm	Watkins Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Little Bernithan
Morgan John, farmer, Treduchan	Wheale Amos, blacksmith
Morris Edward, wheelwright and carpenter	Wheale James, blacksmith
Morris John, carpenter	Williams John, farmer, Upper Park

Llangunnoch
Mayos Thomas, farmer	Wheale Henry, blacksmith

Trewan
Marfell James, farmer	Strong George, farmer
Scudamore Ann (Mrs.), farmer

Trevervan
Parry George, farmer	Walters Margaret (Mrs.), farmer

Treribble
Maddox Joseph, farmer

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in January 2003
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1879 in Hereford Central Library]