Llanvapley
| Llanvapley Welsh: Llanfable | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO364141 |
| Location: | 51°49’19"N, 2°55’27"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 108 |
| Post town: | Abergavenny |
| Postcode: | NP7 |
| Dialling code: | 01873 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Monmouthshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Monmouth |
Llanvapley is a village and ancient parish in Monmouthshire four miles from Abergavenny and ten miles from Monmouth. The English name for the village is Llanvapley with the Welsh being Llanfable. Both Llanvapley and Llanfable are referenced on ancient maps, records and official documentation.
Amenities
Llanvapley has a cricket team, comprising a number of players from the village. The cricket pavilion come village hall is run by the Llanvapley Sports & Social Association who manage the day-to-day running of the building for the benefit of the community and the cricket club [1].
St Mabley's church is holding services now that the problems with the roof and structural damage have been resolved. Services resumed in April 2006 and attendances at the once a month service have been good. A new vicar was appointed in December 2006, Rev. David Osborn has joined the parish after working in Bracknell for a number of years. He and his wife, Helen, have moved into the vicarage at Llantilio Crossenny which has been recently refurbished.
Llanvapley still has a post box and a telephone box. The Museum of Rural Life started by a local farmer, used to be in Llanvapley until the 1980s when it moved to Usk. It was housed in the village hall which meant the village lost the use of this communal facility where once there were Christmas parties and birthday parties for the children of the village. The building which was the village hall was originally temporarily located near Llanthony to house workers who built the Grwyne Fawr dam in the Black Mountains. Llanvapley Court is the biggest property in the village and was in the past a country hotel and previously housed the Land Army during WWII.
