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Llanllowell () is a village in

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, southeast

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, in the

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. It is two miles southeast of

Usk Usk () is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, northeast of Newport. It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town. Usk Castle, above the town, overlooks the ancient cr ...

, in the community of

Llantrisant Fawr Llantrisant Fawr is a community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Villages within the community include Llantrisant Llantrisant (; "Parish of the Three Saints") is a town and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It lies withi ...

Location

Llanllowell stands on the eastern bank of the

River Usk The River Usk (; ) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (''y Mynydd Du''), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Initially forming the boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys, it flows north int ...

History

The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

is now considered dedicated to Saint Llywel. However, it was almost certainly originally dedicated to

Saint Hywel King Hoel (, "Hoel the Great"; ), also known as Sir Howel, Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great, was a late 5th- and early 6th-centuryFord, David Nashat ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014. member of the ruling dynasty o ...

.Baring-Gould, Sabine & al
''The Lives of the British Saints: The Saints of Wales and Cornwall and Such Irish Saints as Have Dedications in Britain'', Vol. III, pp. 288 f
Chas. Clark (London), 1908. Hosted at Archive.org. Accessed 2 Dec 2014.

Famous people

* Evelyn Waddington, who played for

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in the 1877 FA Cup final, was born in the village.

References

External links

Genuki on Llanllowell
Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub