Place:Llanfoist Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameLlanfoist Fawr
TypeCivil parish
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     (1935 - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoAbergavenny Rural, Monmouthshire, Walesrural district in which it was located 1935-1974

A Welsh-English vocabulary list states that "Fawr" means "great". The place name could therefore be translated "Great Llanfoist". The civil parish came into existence in 1935 and replaced Llanfoist and a number of other civil parishes southwest of Abergavenny.

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