Llanvaches

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Church of Saint Dubricius
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Llanvaches
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Population365  (2001 census [1] )
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Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town NEWPORT
Postcode district NP26
Dialling code 01633
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51°37′18″N2°49′07″W / 51.6218°N 2.8186°W / 51.6218; -2.8186

Llanvaches (Welsh : Llanfaches) is a village and community within the boundaries of the city of Newport, Wales. It lies to the east of the urban area, in the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. The population rose to 402 by the 2011 census. [2]

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Location

Llanvaches is located roughly midway between the market town of Chepstow and the centre of Newport. The village lies just north of the A48 road and below Wentwood, with both Newport centre and Chepstow about 7 miles (11 km) distant.

History

The village is named after Saint Maches (Latin: Machuta), a daughter of Saint Gwynllyw or Woolos and sister of Saint Cadoc, who according to tradition lived a humble life as a shepherdess in the 5th century but was killed by robbers stealing her finest ram. Saint Tathan, Abbot of nearby Caerwent, to whom the murderers confessed their crime, built a church on the spot where she was killed, [3] which became known as Merthyr Maches and later Llanfaches (the letter m mutating to -f- in Welsh).

The parish church largely dates from the 14th century and is dedicated to Saint Dubricius (Welsh Dyfrig), with Bishops Transcripts dating back to 1725. [4] The church is Grade II listed building. [5] The minister is Revd D. C. Frett. [6]

The First Independent Church in Wales

The first Independent Church in Wales was founded at Llanvaches in 1638 by William Wroth (1576–1642), Rector from 1617. In 1633, King Charles I, advised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud, reissued the "Declaration of Sports". This listed the sports that were permitted on Sundays and other holy days, and was published to counteract the growing Puritan calls for strict abstinence on the Sabbath day. Wroth defied Charles' instruction to read the Declaration to his congregation, and in 1634 the Bishop of Llandaff reported him to the Court of High Commission, seeking to remove him from his position in the Church. In 1638 Wroth, along with fellow dissenter Walter Craddock, resigned, but continued to preach and gather followers. His preaching became so popular that people travelled from Somerset, Gloucester, Hereford, Radnor and Glamorgan to Llanvaches to hear him, and it became necessary for him to preach in the churchyard because the church was too small to accommodate all those who attended. By 1639, although he had not formally left the Church of England, Wroth is likely to have been ejected from his living. He set up his Congregationalist chapel, "according to the New England pattern", completed in 1639, with the help of the leading Dissenter, Henry Jessey. The historic meeting at Llanvaches in November 1639 marked the real beginning of Non-conformity in Wales. [7] Wroth died shortly before the outbreak of the first English Civil War, and was buried beneath the church porch at Llanvaches. [8] His will, at one time on display in the church vestry, concluded:

"I leave my body to be buried where ye Lord shall please to call for mee praying him to bring my hoarie-head into the grave in his peace which passeth all understanding" [3]

The original church was built in the neighbouring hamlet of Carrow Hill and rebuilt in Llanvaches in 1802. [9] In 1854 George Borrow passed the chapel on his walk from Newport to Chepstow, a journey later included in his 1862 Wild Wales . [10] The current Tabernacle URC Chapel was remodelled in 1924. [11]

Llanvaches Roman coin hoard

Hoard of Roman denarii found at Llanvaches in 2006 Llanvaches Roman coins.jpg
Hoard of Roman denarii found at Llanvaches in 2006

In 2006 a hoard of 599 silver denarii , hidden in a locally made cooking pot, was found at Llanvaches by a metal detectorist. [12] The coins, which are dated to about AD 160, are now held at the National Roman Legion Museum in Caerleon. [13]

Amenities

Although Llanvaches is set in a quiet, rural area the need for more houses and the boom in housing development means that the village has a rising population.

Governance

The area is governed by the Newport City Council and the Llanvaches community council.

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References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics Parish Headcounts: Llanvaches
  2. ↑ "Custom report – Nomis – Official Labour Market Statistics".
  3. 1 2 Hando, F.J., (1958) "Out and About in Monmouthshire", R. H. Johns, Newport.
  4. ↑ "English – Coflein".
  5. ↑ "Parish Church of St Dubritius, Llanvaches, Newport".
  6. ↑ "St Dyfrig, Llanvaches - the Church in Wales".
  7. ↑ David Williams, A Short History of Modern Wales (John Murray, 1961).
  8. ↑ Archived 17 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ↑ "Tabernacle, Llanvaches: Setting the record straight ..." at urc-wales.org.uk Archived 24 December 2012 at archive.today
  10. ↑ "Wild Wales by George Borrow - Page 14 of 14". www.fulltextarchive.com.
  11. ↑ "English – Coflein". coflein.gov.uk.
  12. ↑ "The Llanvaches Roman coin hoard". National Museum Wales. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  13. ↑ "Llanvaches Coin Hoard at the National Roman Legion Museum". National Museum Wales. Archived from the original on 16 May 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
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