Llangattock-Vibon-Avel

Llangattock-Vibon-Avel Welsh: Llangatwg Feibion Afel
Church of St Cadoc
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel Location within Monmouthshire
Population	1,024 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SO458157
Community	Whitecastle
Principal area	Monmouthshire
Preserved county	Gwent
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MONMOUTH
Postcode district	NP25
Dialling code	01600
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Monmouth
List of places UK Wales Monmouthshire 51°50′14″N 2°47′17″W / 51.83726°N 2.78804°W / 51.83726; -2.78804

Llangattock-Vibon-Avel (Welsh: Llangatwg Feibion Afel) is a rural parish and former community, now in the community of Whitecastle in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Monmouth and some 13 miles (21 km) east of Abergavenny, just off the B4233 old road between the two. Villages within the former community include Llangattock itself, Skenfrith, Rockfield, and Newcastle.

Name

The name means, in Welsh, "Saint Cadoc's church, of the sons (Meibion) of Abel", the latter part to distinguish the village from others in the area with dedications to Cadoc, such as Llangattock Lingoed. The local form, in the dialect of south east Wales, would have been Llangatwg F'ib'on Afel.^[2]

History and architecture

St Cadoc's Church is a Grade II* listed building which is of special interest for its association with the Rolls family of nearby The Hendre.^[3]

The church has a 15th-century porch tower, but the rest of the building dates from the 19th century.

The quiet south-facing graveyard contains five memorial tombs to members of the Rolls family, including Charles Rolls, of Rolls-Royce fame. The churchyard also contains a tall granite war memorial to men of the parish who fell in both World Wars.^[5]

Nearby Llangattock Manor was built on the site of an earlier house in 1877, for

Two miles (3.2 km) to the northwest of the village, at Llanfaenor, is a chapel of ease which was restored in 1859. It has a chancel, nave, south porch and a western turret with one small bell. Originally it could accommodate a seated congregation of 80.^[8]

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