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Abergavenny Rural District was a rural district in the north of the county of Monmouthshire, Wales. It was created in 1894. It was named after and administered from Abergavenny which was made into an urban district.
In 1935 the rural district underwent a major reorganization. Most parishes disappeared and were replaced by new parishes comprising groups of the former ones. These new parishes all ended with the Welsh word "Fawr" which means great. The table below lists the parishes in groups under the new parishes.
In 1974, under the Local Government Act of 1972, rural districts ceased to exist as did the historical county of Monmouthshire. The area covered by Abergavenny Rural District was transferred to the administrative county of Gwent.
County border problems
Monmouthshire's (and thus Abergavenny Rural District's) boundaries with Herefordshire to the northeast and Breconshire or Brecknockshire to the north were not well-defined prior to the formation of the rural district. The parish of Welsh Bicknor, was an exclave of Monmouthshire, sandwiched between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. The area was considered part of Monmouthshire until it was made part of Herefordshire "for all purposes" by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844, while the Herefordshire hamlet of Fwthog (or Ffwddog) adjoining the Honddu Valley remained an exclave within Monmouthshire until 1891. (Source: Wikipedia)
Parishes
Early Parish | Type of Place | Duration | Later Civil Parish | Duration
| Bwlch Trewyn | Hamlet, Civil parish | 1894-1935 | Crucornau Fawr | 1935-1974
| Fwthog | Hamlet, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Lower Cwmyoy | Parochial area, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Oldcastle | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Upper Cwmyoy | Parochial area, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Grosmont | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935 | Grosmont Fawr | 1935-1974
| Llangattock Llingoed | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llangua | Chapelry, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanvihangel Crucorney | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanvetherine | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanddewi Skirrid | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1974 | |
| Llantilio Pertholey | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1974 | |
| Bettws Newydd | Chapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935 | Llanarth Fawr | 1935-1974
| Bryngwyn | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Clytha | Chapelry, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanarth | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanvapley | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanellen | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935 | Llanfoist Fawr | 1935-1974
| Llanfoist | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanwenarth Citra | Hamlet, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanwenarth Ultra | Hamlet, Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanddewi Rhydderch | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935 | Llanover Fawr | 1935-1974
| Llanfair Kilgeddin | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llangattock nigh Usk | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanover | Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llansaintfraed | Chapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
| Llanvihangel nigh Usk | Chapelry, Parish (ancient), Civil parish | 1894-1935
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