Tregare ( cy, Tre'r-gaer) is an ancient parish on the northern border of the

Raglan hundred Raglan (also known as Ragland and Rhaglan) was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire. It contained the following ancient parishes: *Betws Newydd * Bryngwn *Chapel Hill * Cilgwrwg * Cwmcarfan *Devauden *Llandenny * Llandevenny hamlet *Llandogo * ...

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 ...

in southeast Wales.

Location

Tregare is located two miles north of

Raglan Raglan may refer to: People *FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855), British Army officer, commander of British troops during the Crimean War *Raglan (surname) *Raglan Squire (1912–2004), British architect Places Australia *Count ...

in deeply rural Monmouthshir

History and amenities

The parish church is St Mary's Church, Tregare, The Church of St Mary. It is bisected by the old coaching road from

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...

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 ...

, along which Mail coaches or

stagecoach A stagecoach is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are draw ...

es must have run and two of the original coachhouses, now converted into residential properties, remain in the village.

External links

Tregare church - St. Mary's
* Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub