LLANGOVEN, a parish in the upper division of
the hundred of RAGLAND, county of MONMOUTH, 3
miles (E. S. E.) from Ragland, containing 137 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of
Pen-y-Clawdd, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Llandaff, rated in the king's books at £3. 7.1., endowed
with £ 800 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the
Chapter of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St.
Goven.