Llanvapley
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Llanvapley is a village
in Monmouthshire
, south east Wales
, United Kingdom
.
and ten miles from Monmouth
.
team, comprising a number of players from the village. The cricket pavilion cum village hall
is run by the Llanvapley Sports & Social Association who manage the day to day running of the building for the benefit of the community and the cricket club http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/17382.
St Mabley's church is now holding services now that the problems with the roof and structural damage have been solved. Services resumed in April 2006 and attendances at the once a month service have been good. A new vicar was appointed in December 2006, Rev. David Osborn has joined the parish after working in Bracknell
for a number of years. He and his wife, Helen, have moved into the vicarage at Llantilio Crossenny
which has been recently refurbished.
The Red Hart Inn is in the centre of the village opposite the church but it is not open for business at the moment. The current owners closed the pub in 2002 and applied for change of use to a private house http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/639434. This was turned down by Monmouthshire County Council. The owners appealed to the Welsh Assembly and the appeal was turned down in 2004. The pub was boarded up for a short period after this. Prospects of the pub reopening have not changed since 2004 but the current economic conditions have improved as shown by the success of other local pubs such as the Hogs Head. The owners of the pub applied for a certificate of legal development in 2011 but were once again unsuccessful.
The closure of the Red Hart occurred around the time of the closure of two other local pubs, The Hostry and The Halfway House. The Halfway House reopened in summer 2007 and is now known as Warwicks.
Llanvapley still has a post box
and a red telephone box
. The Museum of Rural Life used to be in Llanvapley until the 1980s when it moved to Usk
. It was housed in a building which originally formed part of the village for the workers who built the Grwyne Fawr
dam the Black Mountains, Wales
. Llanvapley Court is the biggest house in the village and was in the past a country hotel.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...
, south east Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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.
Location
Llanvapley is located at . It is on the B4233 road, four miles from AbergavennyAbergavenny
Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
and ten miles from Monmouth
Monmouth
Monmouth is a town in southeast Wales and traditional county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. It is situated close to the border with England, where the River Monnow meets the River Wye with bridges over both....
.
Amenities
Llanvapley has a cricketCricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
team, comprising a number of players from the village. The cricket pavilion cum village hall
Village hall
In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local...
is run by the Llanvapley Sports & Social Association who manage the day to day running of the building for the benefit of the community and the cricket club http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/17382.
St Mabley's church is now holding services now that the problems with the roof and structural damage have been solved. Services resumed in April 2006 and attendances at the once a month service have been good. A new vicar was appointed in December 2006, Rev. David Osborn has joined the parish after working in Bracknell
Bracknell
Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...
for a number of years. He and his wife, Helen, have moved into the vicarage at Llantilio Crossenny
Llantilio Crossenny
Llantilio Crossenny is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom.- Location :The rural village of Llantilio Crossenny is situated between the two towns of Abergavenny and Monmouth on the B4223 road.- Amenities :...
which has been recently refurbished.
The Red Hart Inn is in the centre of the village opposite the church but it is not open for business at the moment. The current owners closed the pub in 2002 and applied for change of use to a private house http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/639434. This was turned down by Monmouthshire County Council. The owners appealed to the Welsh Assembly and the appeal was turned down in 2004. The pub was boarded up for a short period after this. Prospects of the pub reopening have not changed since 2004 but the current economic conditions have improved as shown by the success of other local pubs such as the Hogs Head. The owners of the pub applied for a certificate of legal development in 2011 but were once again unsuccessful.
The closure of the Red Hart occurred around the time of the closure of two other local pubs, The Hostry and The Halfway House. The Halfway House reopened in summer 2007 and is now known as Warwicks.
Llanvapley still has a post box
Post box
A post box is a physical box into which members of the public can deposit outgoing mail intended for collection by the agents of a country's postal service...
and a red telephone box
Red telephone box
The red telephone box, a public telephone kiosk designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, Malta, Bermuda and Gibraltar, and despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, red boxes can still be seen in many places and in current or former...
. The Museum of Rural Life used to be in Llanvapley until the 1980s when it moved to Usk
Usk
Usk is a small town in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated 10 miles northeast of Newport.The River Usk flows through the town and is spanned by an ancient, arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. A castle above the town overlooks the ancient Anglo-Welsh border crossing - the river can...
. It was housed in a building which originally formed part of the village for the workers who built the Grwyne Fawr
Grwyne Fawr
The Grwyne Fawr is a river in the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. A section of it forms the administrative border between Powys and Monmouthshire and also of the historic counties of Brecon and Monmouth. The river and its major tributary the Grwyne Fechan flow into the River Usk at...
dam the Black Mountains, Wales
Black Mountains, Wales
The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the national border into Herefordshire, England. They are the easternmost of the four ranges of hills that comprise the Brecon Beacons National Park, and are frequently...
. Llanvapley Court is the biggest house in the village and was in the past a country hotel.
External links
- Monumental Inscriptions for Llanvapley
- Catholic Recusants 1719
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mQRkzb2ys0 - wildlife of Llanvapley.