Tregare () is an ancient

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on the northern border of the

Raglan hundred Raglan (also known as Ragland and Rhaglan) was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire. It contained the following ancient parishes: * Betws Newydd * Bryngwn * Chapel Hill * Cilgwrwg * Cwmcarfan * Devauden * Llandenny * Llandevenny hamlet *Llando ...

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in southeast

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Location

Tregare is located two miles north of Raglan in deeply

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Monmouthshir

History and amenities

The parish church is St Mary's Church, Tregare, The Church of St Mary. It is bisected by the old coaching road from

Abergavenny Abergavenny (; , , archaically , ) is a market town and Community (Wales), community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a "Gateway to Wales"; it is approximately from the England–Wales border, border with England and is loca ...

Monmouth Monmouth ( or ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8 ...

, along which

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es or

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es must have run and two of the original

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s, now converted into residential properties, remain in the village.

External links

Tregare church - St. Mary's
* Villages in Monmouthshire {{Monmouthshire-geo-stub