Mitchel Troy

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Mitchel Troy
  • Welsh: Llanfihangel Troddi
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Mitchel Troy
Location within Monmouthshire
Population1,253 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SO493103
Community
  • Mitchel Troy
Principal area
Preserved county
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town USK
Postcode district NP15
Post townMONMOUTH
Postcode district NP25
Dialling code 01600
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire
51°47′21″N2°44′11″W / 51.78905°N 2.73646°W / 51.78905; -2.73646 Coordinates: 51°47′21″N2°44′11″W / 51.78905°N 2.73646°W / 51.78905; -2.73646

Mitchel Troy (Welsh : Llanfihangel Troddi, that is "church of St Michael on the River Trothy") is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located 3 miles south west of the county town of Monmouth, just off the A40 road leading towards Raglan. Settlements within the community include Tregare, Dingestow, Cwmcarvan and Wonastow.

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History and amenities

The English name of the parish derives from the name of the river, the Welsh Troddi becoming Trothy and then Troy. The addition "Mitchel" is thought not to derive from the church's dedication to St Michael, but rather as a variant of the word "much" or "mickle", as also found at Mitcheldean in Gloucestershire, and used to differentiate the village from the nearby manor of Troy Parva. [2]

John de Troye, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1371), was born here early in the fourteenth century. Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, author, eldest son of the first black High Sheriff of Monmouthshire Nathaniel Wells, was christened here on 24 March 1806. [3]

Church of St Michael and All Angels

The church of St Michael and All Angels dates back to the 13th century though the church was thoroughly restored in the 1870s in the Decorated style. The cleric and writer Adam of Usk was the rector in 1382–85; [2] [4] and the final resident incumbent of Mitchel Troy with Cwmcarvan, Arthur Walter Sneyd (1900-1980), who retired in 1971, is of note because he succeeded in taking both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Jesus College, Oxford within two years of retiring. [5] Following Sneyd's departure, the parish became served from Overmonnow and more recently it has been incorporated into the Monmouth group of parishes. [6]

Troy House

Troy House, about 1½ miles north east of the church, was largely rebuilt after about 1680, on the site of an earlier building, for the Duke of Beaufort, after the family seat at Raglan Castle had fallen into ruin. [2] [4] The house remained in the Somerset family until it was sold in 1901, after which it became a convent school and later, from 1935, an approved school. In 2008, proposals have been made for its conversion into residential apartments. [7]

Governance

Mitchel Troy is also the name of the electoral division, coterminous with the community. The division elects a county councillor to Monmouthshire County Council. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Community and electoral ward population 2011" . Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Sir Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire, vol.2 part 2, 1913
  3. ↑ "FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch . Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  4. 1 2 John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, 2000, ISBN   0-14-071053-1
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1977-79, OUP
  6. ↑ "The Monmouth Group of Parishes - The Anglican churches in the Monmouth area" . Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "Monmouthshire Beacon" . Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  8. ↑ The County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. legislation.gov.uk. Statutory Instruments. 6 December 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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