St Mellons, Monmouthshire

Description
Mellons, St, or Llaneurwg, a village and a parish in Monmouthshire. The village stands near the river Rhymney at the boundary with Glamorgan, 2 1/4 miles W by S of Marshfield station on the G.W.R., and 4 1/4 NE by N of Cardiff, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Cardiff. The parish comprises 2591 acres; population, 650. The parish council, under the Local Government Act, 1894, consists of nine members. the living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Llanedeyrn, in the diocese of Llandaff; joint gross value, £321 with residence. The church is an interesting 14th-century edifice, built on the ruins of a former Norman church, which is supposed to have been built in memory of St Mellons, the original church having been dedicated to St LIeurwg. The church was repaired in 1868.