Llangwm, Monmouthshire

Description
Llangwm, a parish in Monmouthshire, on an affluent of the river Usk, 3 1/2 miles E of Usk. It has a post office under Newport; money order and telegraph office, Usk. It is cut into two divisions, Isa and Ucha. Acreage of Llangwm Isa, 633; of Llangwm Ucha, 2498; population, 37 and 226 respectively. A small monastery, a cell to Lira Abbey in Normandy, was founded in the parish in 1183. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £189 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St Hierom; is Early Decorated; comprises fine nave and chance], with a handsome tower on the chancel N side; was restored in 1870, and contains an elaborately carved rood-loft and screen. Llangwm Isa has a small ancient church, rebuilt in 1850. There is a Baptist chapel.