Tregare ( cy, Tre'r-gaer) is an ancient

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on the northern border of the Raglan hundred of Monmouthshire in southeast

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Location

Tregare is located two miles north of Raglan in deeply

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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 to Monmouth, along which

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es or stagecoaches must have run and two of the original

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s, now converted into residential properties, remain in the village.

External links

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