KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE 1901 - HENLLYS |
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HENLLYS, or Henllis, is a parish to the west of the road from Newport to Pontypool, 3 miles north from Rogerstone station on the Western Valleys section of the Great Western railway, 5½ north-west from Newport, to south from Pontypool and 26 southwest from Monmouth, in the Southern division of the county, Wentloog hundred, Newport petty sessional division, union and county court district, and in the rural deanery of Newport, archdeaconry of Monmouth, and diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building of local stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: there are 130 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1765, marriages from 1754. The living is a rectory, with Bettws vicarage annexed, joint net yearly value £152, with 50 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop if Llandaff, and held since 1900 by the Rev. David Jesse Evans, of St. Bees. The Baptist chapel, erected in 1856, seats about 250 persons. Here is a colliery belonging to the Patent Nut and Bolt Co. Limited, of Cwmbran. The trustees of the late Lady Llanover, who are lords of the manor, and Lord Tredegar are principal landowners. The soil is sandy, resting on red sandstone. The chief crops are roots and some pasture land. The area is 2,653 acres of land and 10 of water; rateable value, £2,644; the population in 1891 was 392 Parish Clerk, Thomas Lloyd Letters by messenger from Cwmbran R.S.O., collecting at the same time, at 10 a.m. This place is included in the United School Board district of Rogerstone, formed 12 June, 1874 Board School, built in 1878, at a cost of nearly £2,100, for 180 children; average attendance, 100. Evans Rev. David Jesse, Rectory COMMERCIAL. |