Llanellen | |
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Location within
Monmouthshire | |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | USK |
Postcode district | NP |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Llanellen ( Welsh: Llanelen) is a village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located three miles (4.8 km) south of Abergavenny. The population was 506 in 2011. [1]
The Blorenge mountain towers above the village. The River Usk passes close by, crossed by a bridge built in 1821 by John Upton, [2] who also built the nearby Pant-y-Goitre Bridge. The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal passes through Llanellen.
The church of St Helen possibly dates back to the 13th century, though the church was largely re-built in Perpendicular style in the mid-19th century by architect John Prichard. [3] In the churchyard is the grave of Sir Thomas Phillips, Mayor of Newport at the time of the Newport Rising in 1839, and a prominent defender of Welsh language and education, [4] who lived in nearby Llanellen House.