Llanvetherine
| Llanvetherine | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
 Church of St James the Elder | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO364172 |
| Location: | 51°50’59"N, 2°55’28"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 129 |
| Post town: | Abergavenny |
| Postcode: | NP7 |
| Dialling code: | 01873 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Monmouthshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Monmouth |
Llanvetherine is a village and ancient parish in Monmouthshire, five miles north-east of Abergavenny on the old road to Ross-on-Wye. The name comes from the Welsh Saint Gwytherin.
History & Amenities
The village has a church, dedicated to St James the Elder.
Llanvetherine is near Whitecastle, one of three important border castles built by the Marcher Lords after the Norman invasion to control this sector of the Marches.
The Offa's Dyke Path long distance footpath passes through the village. The King's Arms Pub was closed in the 1990s and is now a residential property.
The widow of Captain Samuel Goodere who was executed for murdering his brother Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Baronet, in 1741 was living in Llanvetherine when she wrote her Will in 1742, leaving property in the area to her three daughters Elizabeth, Anne and Mary and to her son John Goodere. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Watts. (A copy of her Will, and Samuel Goodere's Will dated 1741, can be downloaded from the National Archives department at Kew).
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