Llancillo
Llancillo | |
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Hereford | |
Postcode district | HR2 |
Dialling code | 01981 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Llancillo is a civil parish in south-west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 13 miles (20 km) south-west from Hereford. The parish borders Wales at the south in which is the nearest town, Abergavenny, 7 miles (11 km) to the south-southwest. In the parish is the isolated Grade II* listed 11th-century Church of St Peter.
History
Llancillo is not mentioned in
'Lann' in this context means variously church, land, building or enclosure, or those attributes applied to a religious building or estate, and is an indication here of a pre-Norman church. 'Cillo' could be a corruption of an earlier saint's name, perhaps St Sulfyw (Sylvius). Llancillo in c.1150 was written as Lann Sulbiu, or Lannsuluui, or Ecclesia Sancti Sulbiu (Church of St Sulbiu); in 1182, Lantelio; in 1296, Lansilio, in 1323, Lanciliou; in 1399, Lancelio; in 1770, Lansyllo or Llancillo; in 1733 as Llansilo; in 1754, Lansillo; and in 1840 as Llannsillo or Llancillo.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
In the 1840 transcription and translation of the 12th-century Liber Landavensis... (Book of Llandaff), the sections on Llancillo state that the Early Middle Ages' king Meurig, who was patron for the Celtic Llandaff Cathedral, today in Cardiff, gave Llancillo to the cathedral and its bishop and saint Ufelwy, "for the redemption of his soul, to God, and the saints Dubricius and Teilo". St Dubricius is interred and St Telio's relics held at Llandaff. Llancillo was given in perpetuity to Llandaff, its land extent laid out in text which bounded this through a description of watercourses.[5]
In the first half of the 17th century was recorded an ironworking forge at Llancillo (grid reference SO37682528), using power from a tributary of the River Monnow at the south of the parish, including a leat, "weirs, ponds, dams, watercourses, houses and buildings". An early lease-out dates to 1637, under the Scudamore family, who then owned the forge, outright or in partnership, until at least 1778. By 1677 the forge was producing 150 tons of wrought iron a year; it obtained pig iron from Llanelly and sold the resulting refined wrought iron in Monmouth. In 1810 it is noted as a charcoal forge, and is drawn on Ordnance Survey and tithe maps from 1814, to 1839 when it is shown as disused. Slag and clinker waste is still evident on the site.[9][10]
In the 19th and 20th century, Llancillo is described in directories as a small parish and village on the river Monnow, bordering Monmouthshire, 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest from the village of
The
Geography
Llancillo parish boundary is of triangular footprint, at its greatest distance 1.5 miles (2 km) north to south, 1.7 miles (3 km) east to west, and covers an area of approximately 1,087 acres (440 hectares).[24] Adjacent Herefordshire parishes are Walterstone at the west, Longtown at the north-west, and Rowlestone at the north, with the Monmouthshire community of Grosmont at the south. The parish is rural, of six farm complexes, fields, managed woodland and coppices, watercourses, ponds, and residential properties. Flowing west to east at the south of the parish is the River Monnow tributary to the River Wye, this 12 miles (19 km) to the south-east at Monmouth. The Morrow at its west forms the border with Monmouthshire. From the north-west of the parish flows tributaries to a stream with woodland margins, which passes Llancillo Church and Llancillo Court Farm, and flows to the south-east of the parish to join the River Morrow. There is a group of unnumbered minor roads at the north, and another at the south; no road connects the north of the parish to its south. A north-east to south-west through road at the north runs from the village of Rowlestone towards Pandy in Monmouthshire, these both outside the parish. From the A465 Abergavenny to Hereford road at the southern edge of the parish, a road runs north; it crosses the River Morrow by a one lane road bridge, and immediately splits to two circuitous routes: one to Llancillo Court Farm and Llancillo Church nearly 1 mile (2 km) north-east, the other to Llancillo Hall Farm 1,300 yards (1,200 m) north-west. These roads bridge the Welsh Marches railway line which runs almost entirely through the south of the parish. All other routes are bridleways, farm tracks, property entrances and footpaths.[25][26][27][28]
Running east to west through the parish is part of the Golden Valley Pilgrim Way, which and passes St Peter's Church. The Golden Valley Pilgrim Way is a 59 miles (95 km) circuitous footpath and road route through western Herefordshire, beginning and ending at Hereford Cathedral. St Peter's Church is also on the route of the 218 miles (351 km) Chester to Cardiff Marches Way footpath.[29][30]
Governance
Llancillo is represented in the lowest tier of UK governance by the thirteen-member, four-parish Ewyas Harold Group Parish Council, which also represents the parishes of Dulas, Ewyas Harold, and Rowlestone. As Herefordshire is a unitary authority—no district council between parish and county councils—the parish sends councilors representing the Golden Valley South Ward of fifteen parishes with a population of 3,422, to Herefordshire County Council, and is part of the Southern Area Meeting Group of the Herefordshire four-parts Parish Council Area Meeting Groups.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Llancillo is represented in the UK parliament as part of the Hereford and South Herefordshire constituency, held by the Conservative Party since 2010 by Jesse Norman.
Until Brexit, on 31 January 2019, the parish was represented in the European Parliament as part of the West Midlands constituency.
Community
There are no bus routes that pass through the parish, however, at the southern border on the A465 road are stops on the Hereford to Abergavenny route operated by Stagecoach South Wales.[38] The closest rail connections are on the Welsh Marches line, at Abergavenny railway station 8 miles (13 km) to the south, and Hereford railway station 14 miles (23 km) to the north-east.[25]
The nearest National Health Service major hospital is Hereford County Hospital, 12 miles (19 km) miles north-west at Hereford, part of the Wye Valley NHS Trust. At Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, 7 miles (11 km) to the south-west, is the Nevill Hall Hospital, a district general hospital under the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The nearest National Health Service doctor surgery is Golden Valley Practice at Ewyas Harold, 2 miles (3 km) north-west.[25][39][40][41]
The nearest Herefordshire catchment area primary schools are both 2 miles (3 km) distant: Ewyas Harold Primary School north-east at Ewyas Harold, and Longtown Community Primary School north at Longtown. The nearest secondary school is Kingstone High School 7 miles (11 km) north-east at Kingstone.[25] In latest Ofsted inspections Ewyas Harold Primary was rated Grade 2 'Good' (2018); Longtown Community Primary Grade 2 'Good' (2018); and Kingstone High School Grade 2 'Good' (2019).[42][43][44][45][46][47]
For religion Llancillo falls under the Rowlestone & Llancillo ecclesiastical parish in the Abbeydore Deanery of the Hereford Archdeaconry in the Diocese of Hereford.[48][49]
Landmarks
There are five Grade II and one Grade II* listed buildings in Llancillo, including a farmhouse, a house, two barns, a church and a churchyard cross.[50]
The Grade II* listed church of St Peter (at
Within the churchyard, south-east of the porch, are two grave monuments to the Scudamore family. One is principally to James Scudamore (1690) and Thomas Scudamore (1720); the other, a stone slab, to Elizabeth, the wife to Thomas Scudamore (1653), and to John Scudamore (1695), and Blanch, the wife to James Price (1714). At the front of the south porch is a listed 19th-century churchyard preaching cross, set on a square three-step base dating to the 14th century. Also within the churchyard (at grid reference SO3661925548), is an ancient yew tree, on a mound beside a boundary wall, one of a grouping of yews. It has been described as "a very old yew on an embanked mound against the boundary wall. It has a considerable circumference, suggesting a very great age - a pre-Norman origin perhaps."[55] The trees girth at the base in 2019 was 19 feet 2.0 inches (584.2 cm) diameter. The church is looked after by the Herefordshire Historic Churches Trust and the Friends of Friendless Churches.[30][56][57][58][59]
Within sight of the churchyard, and 90 yards (80 m) to the east (at
At 650 yards (600 m) south-west of the church is Llancillo Hall (at grid reference SO3619625164), a farmhouse which possibly dates to the late 15th or early 16th century, with alterations in the 17th and 19th centuries. It is constructed in L-plan of sandstone rubble course-work, with the north-west wing probable dating to the 17th-century. Its Welsh slate roofs have gable-end chimney stacks. Of two storeys, its south-east face, sitting on a raised garden terrace, is of five bays, with two bays to the south-west of the entrance door of sash windows, and two bays of smaller csements to the north-east.[51][61][62]
At the extreme south of the parish is the listed Little Goytre, alternatively Ivy House, (at grid reference SO3568424400), which overlooks the Welsh Marches railway line at the north and is on the banks of the River Monnow at the south. It is a two-storey house dating to the 17th century with alterations in the 18th and 20th century. It is of rectangular footprint with a Welsh slate gabled roof with end chimney stacks. The interior includes ground-floor rooms with exposed chamfered beams and joists, two original doorways and "two original doorways with four-centred heads and remains of old panelling." At 65 yards (60 m) north from Little Goytre is a listed timber framed and part weatherboarded barn (grid reference SO3567524465), dating probably to the 17th century and standing on a rubble stone course-work plinth, with a threshing floor in the centre of its three bays.[51][63][64]
At about 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west from the church at the north of the parish and just south-east from Upper House farmhouse, north off the Rowlestone to Pandy minor road (at grid reference SO3542926456), is a listed 1629-dated timber framed barn, the date carved into a timber-brace of the truss roof beams. The north to south orientated tiled roof barn sits on a sandstone plinth and is part weatherboard cladded, and of four bays with a central threshing floor.[51][65]
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External links
- Media related to Llancillo at Wikimedia Commons
- “Lancillo”, Genuki.