The Fountain Inn from the car park - geograph

Trelleck Grange (or Trellech Grange) is a small hamlet in a rural area of

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...

, south east

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, United Kingdom, about seven miles south of

Monmouth Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...

Location

Trelleck Grange is located about three miles south of

Trellech Trellech (occasionally spelt Trelech, Treleck or Trelleck; cy, Tryleg) is a village and parish in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. Located south of Monmouth and north-north-west of Tintern, Trellech lies on a plateau above the Wye Valley on t ...

, two miles west of

Tintern Tintern ( cy, Tyndyrn) is a village in the community (Wales), community of Wye Valley (community), Wye Valley, on the west bank of the River Wye in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with England, about north of Chepstow. It is popular w ...

, and seven miles south of

, the

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of Monmouthshire. It sits on high ground above the

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and

Tintern Abbey Tintern Abbey ( cy, Abaty Tyndyrn ) was founded on 9 May 1131 by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow. It is situated adjacent to the village of Tintern in Monmouthshire, on the Welsh bank of the River Wye, which at this location forms the bor ...

, between two tributaries of the Angiddy Brook.

Etymology

The name "Trellek" derives from the

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"llech" meaning a conspicuous stone. It may have referred to a large stone which rested on a mound near the village, perhaps near "Rock Cottage". However the most conspicuous feature in the locality is a line of three standing stones known as ''Harold's stones'', apparently a seventeenth century name. They may also account for the "tri" (meaning three) part of the name, although one would expect the feminine form "tair" to be used as "llech" is feminine (unless it has changed its gender).

History and amenities

The area was once part of the manor of Trellech, with a church known as ''Ecclesia Mainuon'', but in 1138 it was granted to the monks of the then newly established Tintern Abbey by Gilbert de Clare, the

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Chepstow Chepstow ( cy, Cas-gwent) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, adjoining the border with Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the tidal River Wye, about above its confluence with the River Severn, and adjoining the western ...

. The monks then cultivated it as a

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, making it the principal farm for food production for the Abbey.Sir

Joseph Bradney Colonel Sir Joseph Alfred Bradney, (11 January 1859 – 21 July 1933) was a British soldier, historian and archaeologist, best known for his multivolume ''A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans into Wales down to the Present T ...

, ''A History of Monmouthshire, vol.2 part 2'', 1913 A small

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, with no known dedication, still exists, surrounded by farm buildings. It was largely rebuilt on the original foundations in 1861. The village sits above the Angiddy valley and provided homes and accommodation for the 'Iron workers' who worked in the many iron works in the area, including Pontysaison between 1600 and 1870. There are 2 known 'Squatters' houses in Trellech Grange which eventually became proper houses; the Duke of Beaufort allowed squatters as long as they paid a rent.

References

External links

Kelly's 1901 Directory of Monmouthshire on Trelleck Grange

Geograph photos for Trelleck Grange

* {{authority control Villages in Monmouthshire