LLANFOIST, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of ABERGAVENNY, county of MONMOUTH, l
mile (S. W. by W.) from Abergavenny, containing 535
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Llandaff, rated in the king's
books at £7. 4. 4., and in the patronage of the Earl
of Abergavenny. The church is dedicated to St. Faith.