Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLYTHA

CLYTHA, a hamlet in Llanarth parish, Monmouth; on the river Usk, 5½ miles SE of Abergavenny. Acres, 1,841. Real property, £2, 993. Pop., 354. Houses, 72. Clytha House, the seat of W. Jones, Esq., is a handsome free-stone edifice, with Ionic portico; and contains some good pictures. A building, called the Castle, on an adjacent hill, is a family mausoleum, erected in 1790; and commands a splendid view of the vale of Usk. Charities, £54.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Llan Arth CP/AP       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Cleidda

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