In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Govilon like this:
GOVILON, a chapelry in Llanwenarth parish, Monmouth; on the Abergavenny and Merthyr railway, 3 miles W of Abergavenny. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Abergavenny. The statistics are returned with the parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £274. Patron, the Rector of Llanwenarth. The church is neat.
Additional information about this locality is available for Llanwenarth
Govilon through time
Govilon is now part of Monmouthshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Monmouthshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Govilon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Govilon in Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24340
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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