St Maughans ( cy, Llanfocha) is a village in

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.

Location

St Maughans is located three miles north west 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 ...

History and amenities

In around 860, ''Britcon'' and ''Iliuc'' gave ''Lann Mocha'' (St Maughans) to Archbishop Dyfrig with the consent of King Meurig ab Archfael. St Maughans is close to the River Monnow and the border with

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. The parish contains the

Hilston Park Hilston Park is a country house and estate between the villages of Newcastle and Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, Wales, close to the border with Herefordshire, England. The house and park are in the Monnow valley, beside the B4347 road, by road nor ...

. The village has a

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

, the Church of St Maughan dedicated to Saint Maughan, which dates from the 12th or 13th century and has a distinctive local

dovecote A dovecote or dovecot , doocot ( Scots) or columbarium is a structure intended to house pigeons or doves. Dovecotes may be free-standing structures in a variety of shapes, or built into the end of a house or barn. They generally contain pige ...

belfry. The church was much restored by architect

J. P. Seddon John Pollard Seddon FRIBA (19 September 1827 – 1 February 1906) was a British architect, working largely on churches. His father was a cabinetmaker, and his brother Thomas Seddon (1821–1856) a landscape painter. Born in London, he was educat ...

in 1865/6.Church of St Maughan, Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 March 2016. The village has given its name to the St Maughans Formation, the lowest

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

rocks of the Old Red Sandstone.

References

External links

Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901
* Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub