In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cwmcarfan like this:
CWMCARVAN, a parish in the district and county of Monmouth; on an affluent of the river Trothy, 2¾ miles ESE of Dingestow r. station, and 3¾ SW by S of Monmouth. Post town, Monmouth. Acres, 2, 875. Real property, £2, 276. Pop., 332. Houses, 65. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Mitchel-Troy, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church was reported in 1859 as bad. Charities, £8.
Cwmcarfan through time
Cwmcarfan is now part of Monmouthshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Monmouthshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cwmcarfan itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cwmcarfan in Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1632
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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