Description
Garway, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Monnow, 5 miles SE of Pontrilas station on the G.W.R.,.and 7 NNW of Monmouth. Post town, Ross; money order office, St Weonard's; telegraph office, Skenfrith. Acreage, 3625; population, 408. The parish includes the hamlets of Garway Common and Broad Oak. The scenery is very fine, and Garway Hill is a conspicuous feature. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £85. The church is Norman, has a detached tower, and a fine dog-toothed chancel arch, restored. Close to the church is a specimen of a dovecot tower. There is a Baptist chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
