Llantrisant () is a village in
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
, south east
Wales
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, United Kingdom. The community population at the
2011 census was 475.
It is not to be confused with the much larger
Llantrisant
Llantrisant (; "Parish of the Three Saints") is a town and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It lies within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, on the River Ely and the Afon Clun. The three saints of the t ...
in
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (; RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It consists of five valleys: the Rhondda Fawr, Rhondda Fach, Cynon, Taff () and Ely valleys, ...
.
Location
Llantrisant is located about by road south of
Usk, in the community of
Llantrisant Fawr. The village is on the eastern bank of the
River Usk
The River Usk (; ) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it flows north int ...
, and the
Usk Valley Walk long distance footpath
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking, cycling, equestrianism or cross-country skiing. They exist on all continents exce ...
passes through the village after descending from the
Wentwood
Wentwood (), in Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, South Wales, is a forested area of hills, rising to above sea level. It is located to the northeast of, and partly within the boundaries of, the city of Newport, Wales, Newport.
Geology ...
escarpment. The Llantrisant Brook, a small tributary of the River Usk, passes through the village, and the village is by-passed by the
A449 road
The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. It runs north from junction 24 of the A48 road at Newport in South Wales to Stafford in Staffordshire.
The southern section of the road, between Ross on Wye and Newport forms part of the trun ...
.
History and amenities
The name of the village translates as the Parish of the Three Saints, and the parish church is the
Church of St Peter, St Paul and St John. The church is 14th century in origin, but nothing remains of that period beyond a
lancet window
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. The remainder is from the 15th and 16th centuries, with a restoration by E. A. Landsdowne in 1880–81.
When local historian
Fred Hando visited in the late 1950s, the ruins of a chapel dedicated to St Bartholomew were still standing. From the later 19th century, the mill at Llwynau was operated by a Henry Moore and his seven sons, one of whom was said to have buried the mill wheel under the floor when the mill finally ceased operations. The farmhouse at Llwynau dates from the 17th century.
[ Hando, F.J., (1958) "Out and About in Monmouthshire", R. H. Johns, Newport.]
A
Norman stone
medieval
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castle is sited close to the village. The local public house is the Greyhound Inn.
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References
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Villages in Monmouthshire
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