Llantarnam ( cy, Llanfihangel Llantarnam) is a suburban village of
Cwmbran, and is a
community
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and
electoral ward
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in the county borough of
Torfaen
Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-w ...
in south east
Wales
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. The ward covers the same area as the community, but also includes Southville. It is equidistant from Cwmbran town centre and the town of
Caerleon
Caerleon (; cy, Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Situated on the River Usk, it lies northeast of Newport city centre, and southeast of Cwmbran. Caerleon is of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman ...
.
Llantarnam Abbey
Llantarnam Abbey is a Grade II*-listed abbey of the Sisters of St Joseph of Annecy and a former Cistercian monastery located in Llantarnam, Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen in southeast Wales.
History
It was founded as a daughter house ...
is a
Cistercian
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abbey founded in 1179 as a daughter house of
Strata Florida Abbey
Strata Florida Abbey ( cy, Abaty Ystrad Fflur) () is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. The abbey was founded in 1164. is a Latinisation of the Welsh ; 'Valley o ...
. The remains of that abbey are incorporated into the present buildings housing the
Sisters of Saint Joseph
The Sisters of St. Joseph, also known as the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, abbreviated CSJ or SSJ, is a Roman Catholic religious congregation of women founded in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, in 1650. This congregation, named for ...
. It also contains
St Michael's Church.
Llantarnam Hall is home to
Rougemont School
Rougemont School (Welsh: ''Ysgol Rougemont'') is an Independent School (UK), independent co-educational day school located in the manor house Llantarnam, Llantarnam Hall in south Wales. The school offers education for three to eighteen year-olds ...
.
The local secondary school is
Llantarnam School
Llantarnam School ( cy, Ysgol Llantarnam) was a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school in the Llantarnam suburb of Cwmbran, Torfaen in Wales. Construction began in 1950 and was the first of three secondary modern schools to be built i ...
.
Demographics
At the 2011 Census
*Population 4,125
(community), 5,526
(ward), (Torfaen 91,075)
Notable people
*
David Lewis (martyr)
David Lewis, S.J. (1616 – 27 August 1679) was a Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr who was also known as Charles Baker. Lewis was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970 as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales and is venerated as a saint in ...
*
Thomas Morgan (of Llantarnam)
Thomas Morgan of Llantarnam (or Bassaleg, a branch of the Morgan of Tredegar) (1546–1606), of the Welsh Morgan of Monmouthshire, was a confidant and spy for Mary, Queen of Scots, and was involved in the Babington plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I ...
See also
*
Llantarnam railway station
Llantarnam railway station in Llantarnam village, Cwmbran in Torfaen, South Wales, UK was built as part of the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway.
History
The station was opened by the Pontypool, Caerleon and Newport Railway on 21 Decemb ...
, closed in 1962
References
External links
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre(in
Cwmbran Centre
Cwmbran Centre is a shopping centre, office and leisure complex in the town of Cwmbran, Torfaen, Wales. Formerly named Cwmbran Shopping, it was officially renamed Cwmbran Centre on 3 July 2017
As a New Town in 1949 the town centre was planned in ...
)
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Communities in Torfaen
Electoral wards of Torfaen
Suburbs of Cwmbran