Cemeteries · South Wales
Llanfoist Cemetery
Also known as: Llan-ffwyst, Llan-ffwyst Fawr
Llanfoist Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Abergavenny · 1.6 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Llanfoist Cemetery is a cemetery in South Wales of architectural and local-history note. The site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest. It sits within the Monmouthshire parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Abergavenny, about 1.6 km away. Postcode area NP7.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Llanfoist (Welsh: Llan-ffwyst) is a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, in the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Llanfoist derives from Ffwyst, an early Christian Welsh saint, although the anglicised version of the church patron is Saint Faith. The population was 1,228 in 2011.
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Background
Description
1901 Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire describes the parish church of St Faith's: The church holds records for baptisms from 1736–1975, for marriages from 1736–1971, for banns from 1824–47 and 1890–1933, and for burials from 1736-1945. There are also Bishops Transcripts for 1725-32, 1734–51, 1753-4, 1756–75, 1777–1806, 1808–10, 1813, 1815–16, 1820–37, 1841–58, 1862–1865, 1869 and 1880. The parish of Llanelen has historically been held with Llanfoist, although since the retirement of the last resident Rector, the Reverend Thomas Arthur Foster (1923-2010) in 1992 the parishes have been served from Govilon (Llanwenarth Ultra). At the time of his departure, Father Foster was the longest…
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- Coordinates
- 51.8180, -3.0318
- District
- Monmouthshire
- Parish
- Llanfoist Fawr
- Postcode
- NP7 9LL
- Parliamentary constituency
- Monmouthshire
- Nearest railway station
- Abergavenny — 1.6 km
Sources
- osm: w131688233 (ODbL)
- commons: Entrance to Llanfoist Cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 2157683.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- wikipedia: Llanfoist (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Llanfoist Cemetery?
- Llanfoist Cemetery is in South Wales, United Kingdom (postcode NP7 9LL), in the parish of Llanfoist Fawr.
- Is Llanfoist Cemetery a protected site?
- Yes — Llanfoist Cemetery is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Llanfoist Cemetery?
- The nearest railway station is Abergavenny, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NP7 9LL.