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|post town=Monmouth
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|postcode=NP25
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|dialling code=01600
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'''Llangoven''' is a village and ancient parish south-east of [[Raglan]] in [[Monmouthshire]].
'''Llangovan''' is a village and ancient parish south-east of [[Raglan]] in [[Monmouthshire]]. It forms part of the [[Raglan Hundred]]. It is close to [[Monmouth]], the county town and is set in a quiet, rural area of rolling hills beneath the [[Trellech]] ridge.


The small village church, dedicated to St Govan, is a Grade II* Listed Building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-17426-church-of-st-govan-raglan |title="Church of St Govan, Raglan" at |publisher=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}}</ref> It is now closed and  has a colony of bats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2108741 |title="Llangovan Church" at |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2170261 |title="Plaque on Llangovan church" at |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}}</ref> The churchyard contains an ornate mediæval stone cross<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2108755 |title="Detail of a cross at Llangovan" at |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}}</ref> which is a Grade II listed building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-24722-cross-in-st-govan-s-churchyard-raglan |title="Cross in St Govan's churchyard, Raglan" at |publisher=Britishlistedbuildings.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}}</ref>
Nearby Court St. Lawrence, once home of Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, the erstwhile High Sheriff, is also a Grade II listed building.<ref>[http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-24725-court-st-lawrence-raglan "Court St Lawrence, Raglan" at britishlistedbuildings.co.uk]</ref>
In 2007 Penyclawdd and Llangovan Village Hall was completely refurbished.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monmouthshire-halls.org.uk/CaseStudies.html |title="Penyclawdd & Llangovan Village Hall gets new lease of life" at |publisher=Monmouthshire-halls.org.uk |date=2007-05-12 |accessdate=2012-09-17}}</ref>
==References==
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==Outside links==
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Latest revision as of 16:28, 13 August 2014

Llangovan
Monmouthshire

Llangovan Church
Location
Grid reference: SO4554205674
Location: 51°44’48"N, 2°47’20"W
Data
Post town: Monmouth
Postcode: NP25
Dialling code: 01600
Local Government
Council: Monmouthshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
Monmouth

Llangovan is a village and ancient parish south-east of Raglan in Monmouthshire. It forms part of the Raglan Hundred. It is close to Monmouth, the county town and is set in a quiet, rural area of rolling hills beneath the Trellech ridge.

The small village church, dedicated to St Govan, is a Grade II* Listed Building.[1] It is now closed and has a colony of bats.[2][3] The churchyard contains an ornate mediæval stone cross[4] which is a Grade II listed building.[5]

Nearby Court St. Lawrence, once home of Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, the erstwhile High Sheriff, is also a Grade II listed building.[6]

In 2007 Penyclawdd and Llangovan Village Hall was completely refurbished.[7]

References

Outside links

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