Llangarren, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1929

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1929

LLANGARREN.

LLANGARREN is an extensive parish and village on the Garron Brook, one of the tributaries of the River Wye, and is about 3 miles north of that River; it is 6 miles south-west from Ross Station on the Great Western Railway, 6 north from Monmouth, and 13 south from Hereford, in the Southern division of the county, Wormelow hundred, Harewood End petty Sessional division, Ross county court district and union, Archenfield rural deanery and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. The church of St. Deinst is an ancient building of stone in the Transition Norman style, consisting of chancel with aisle, nave of four bays, north aisle, north porch and a western tower with spire, containing 6 bells: there are monuments to William and Jane Gwillym, dated 1717; Jane Symonds, d. 1727; Rowland Scudamore, d. 1697, and Margaret Tovey, d. 1803: the church was repaired and enlarged in 1841, and was refloored and reseated in 1900: in the porch is a roll of honour in memory of the men of the parish who fell in the Great War, 1914-18: there are 475 sittings. The register dates from the year 1569. The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £292, with 11 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, and held since 1923 by the Rev. Samuel Thomas Boughton L.Th. of Durham University. A vicarage House was erected in 1903. Langstone Court, the property and residence of Thomas Joseph Jones esq., is a mansion of the 17^th century, once held by the Gwylliams, and in a stable on the premises a pane of glass has been found, scratched with the names of Gwylliam and the date 1681: from its age and many curiosities the mansion is an object of much interest in the neighbourhood. Bernithan Court, the seat of Lt.-Col. Erald Barnardiston D.S.O. and formerly the seat of the Hoskyns or Hoskins Family, is said to have been visited by James I.; The house appears to haven rebuilt in 1680-1700 by Philip Hoskins, who married Catherine Gregory, of Woolhope, whose arms are on the Old Iron gate. The Parish is in several manors. The Governors of Guy's Hospital are the chief landowners. The soil is sandy and loamy; subsoil, chiefly sandstone and rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 5,388 acres of land and 23 of water; rateable value, £5,688, including Long-grove; the population in 1921 was 806 in the civil and 390 in the ecclesiastical parish.

   LLANGROVE, or Long-grove, 1½ miles south, is now an ecclesiastical parish, and will be found under a separate head.

   LLANCLOUDY is 2 miles west. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1840, also a Mission Church, dedicated by the Bishop of Hereford in 1924.

   KILREAGUE, or Kilrhyg, 1 mile west: Llangunnock, 2 miles north-west; Langstone, 1 mile north; Trecilla, a quarter of a mile north-east; and Treduchan, 1 mile south-east, are hamlets.

   Post M.O., T. & T.E.D. Office.- Letters through Ross, Herefordshire.

   Post Office, Three Ashes.- Letters through Ross, Herefordshire. St. Weonards, nearest M. O. & T. office.

LLANGARREN
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Barnardiston Lt.Col. Ernald D.S.O., Bernithan Court	Jones Thomas Joseph, B. A., M. B., Langstone Court
Boughton Rev. Samuel Thomas L. Th. (Perpetual Curate), Vicarage	Owen Col. Charles R. B., C.M.G., R. A., Tre-Evan
Elliot Lt.-Col. Herbert Henry, Cross Dunn	Rudd Col. Thomas William C.B.E., Little Tredunnock
Empson Misses, Thatch Close	Trevor Alfred Septimus J.P., Trecilla House
Handley-Greaves Mrs. F. H., Panbrook	Wood Lt.-Col. George, D.S.O., Woodfields
Hoare Geoffrey Benyon. M.F.H., Penjarvis
COMMERCIAL
Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over
Amos Edwin, cottage farmer, Lower Butts	Innes Jas., farmer, Pike Field
Amos Harry, farmer, Langstone Mill	Jones Thomas Joseph, B.A., Cambridge, M.B. & C.M., Ed., M.R.S.C. Eng., surgeon & medical officer, No 4 district, Ross union, Langstone Court
Badham Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Turners Farm, Llancloudy	Jordan Benjamin, farmer, Upper Field farm
Beard Harry, baker, Garronfield	Lusty Frank Donald, farmer, Cabbacle Farm
Bevan James Geo., farmer, Trebumfrey	Price Thos., farmer, Treverven Farm
° Brewer Harry, farmer, Kilreague	Probert David, farmer, The Old Farm, Llancloudy
° Brewer Henry Wm., farmer, Tredunnock	Probert Ernest, wheelwright
Cheney Walter Henry, fruit grower, Llangarron Nurseries	Reynolds Fredk., baker, Trereece
Cooke Joseph, fruit grower, Tre-Evan Fruit Farm	Saul Geo., cottage farmer, Higher Butts
Cullis Annie (Mrs.), cottage farmer, Garron Hill	Saunders Clara (Miss), farmer, Upper Park
Dew Henry Thomas, farmer, Trecilla Farm	° Scudamore Frank H., farmer, Trereece Farm
Dew Thomas William, farmer, Little Bernithan	° Scudamore George Sherriff, farmer, Llangarron Court
Drew George, cottage farmer, Georgia Cottage	Shone John Thos., farmer, Park Farm
° Dullam Joshua, farmer, Langstone Court farm	Smith Jsph, blacksmith, Llangunnock Bridge
Edwards Nelson, Three Horseshoes, P. H.	Thompson Jn. Raymond, farmer, Lower Trereece Farm
Esgar Francis William, grocer, post office	Tummey Ernest, thrashing machine owner
Freeman Thos. Edwd., insur. Agt. Pendaisy	Vaughan Walter, cottage farmer, Treverven Mill
Gaydon Thomas, farm bailiff to t. A. Scudamore esq., Grove farm (postal address, Llangrove, Ross)	Weale Henry, blacksmith
George William, gardener to Lt.-Col. G. B. G. Wood, D.S.O.	Williams Wm. Jn., farmer, Tressy farm
Hone Hy. Patrick, farmer, Biddlestone. T. N. 7	° Williams Wm. Saml., farmer, Trewaugh

LLANGUNNOCK
Jorden Jas., farmer

TRERIBBLE
Rudge William Henry, farmer

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in January 2003
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1929 in Hereford Central Library]