Abergavenny Hundred Explained

Abergavenny
Start:1542
Divisions:Divisions
Divisionsnames:Higher and Lower
Map:
Abergavenny within Monmouthshire
Populationfirst:50,086[1]
Populationfirstyear:1851
Populationsecond:54,742
Populationsecondyear:1861
Arealast:78290acres
Arealastyear:1831

Abergavenny was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire.

It was situated in the northern part of the county, bounded on the north by Herefordshire; on the east by the hundreds of Skenfrith, Raglan, and Usk; on the south by Wentloog hundred; and on the west by Wentloog and Brecknockshire.

It contained the following ancient parishes:

The administration of the area is now divided between the local authorities of Monmouthshire, Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent. Part is within the area of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Notes and References

  1. John Marius Wilson, Abergavenny, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)