Llangovan

{{Infobox UK place

| country = Wales

| welsh_name = Llangofan

| static_image = Very small ancient church at Llangovan - geograph.org.uk - 299356.jpg

| static_image_width = 220px

| static_image_caption = Llangovan Church

| constituency_welsh_assembly =

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| coordinates = {{coord|51.745323|-2.788113|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Llangovan

| unitary_wales = Monmouthshire

| lieutenancy_wales = Gwent

| constituency_westminster = Monmouth

| post_town = MONMOUTH

| postcode_district = NP25

| postcode_area = NP

| dial_code = 01600

| os_grid_reference = SO457057

| population =

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Llangovan ({{langx|cy|Llangofan}}) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located {{convert|5|mi}} south west of Monmouth.

History and amenities

Llangovan is close to Monmouth, the county town and is set in a rural area of rolling hills beneath the Trellech ridge. The Church of St Govan is a Grade II* Listed Building.{{Cadw|num=17426|desc=Church of St Govan, Llangovan|grade=II*|access-date=4 September 2023}} It is now closed and has a colony of bats.{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2108741 |title="Llangovan Church" at |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2170261 |title="Plaque on Llangovan church" at |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}} The churchyard contains an ornate medieval stone cross{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2108755 |title="Detail of a cross at Llangovan" at |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-09-17}} which is a Grade II listed building and a Scheduled monument.{{Cadw|num=24722|desc=Cross in St Govan's churchyard, Llangovan|grade=II|access-date=4 September 2023}}{{Cadw|uid=3916|num=MM327|desc=St. Govan's Churchyard Cross, Llangovan |class=SM|access-date=4 September 2023}}

At Llanwinney are the remains of a chapel which bears the inscription "Bethel Chapel Erected in 1841".{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/675392|title=Bethel Chapel|publisher=Geograph|access-date=4 September 2023}} Nearby Court St. Lawrence, once home of Sir Geoffrey David Inkin, the High Sheriff of Gwent, is also a Grade II listed building.{{Cadw|num=24725|desc=Court St Lawrence, Raglan, Monmouthshire|grade=II|access-date=4 September 2023}} In 2007 Penyclawdd and Llangovan Village Hall was completely refurbished.{{cite web |url=http://www.monmouthshire-halls.org.uk/CaseStudies.html |title="Penyclawdd & Llangovan Village Hall gets new lease of life" at |publisher=Monmouthshire-halls.org.uk |date=2007-05-12 |accessdate=2012-09-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121224083654/http://www.monmouthshire-halls.org.uk/CaseStudies.html |archivedate=2012-12-24 }}

Notable people

Sawnder Sion, 16th century poet

References

External links

[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Llangoven/index.html Genuki on Llangovan]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070825112537/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~monfamilies/1851c-llangoven.htm Parish census record from 1851]

Category:Villages in Monmouthshire