Llanbadoc
Llanbadoc (Welsh: Llanbadog Fawr) is a village and community in the county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent in Wales. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 806.[1]
The village is in the Newport postal district of NP15, just across the River Usk from the town of Usk (Welsh: Brynbuga), off the A472. Llanbadoc is within the British House of Commons and Senedd constituencies of Monmouth.
There are not many facilities in this small village - there is a village and parish church,[2] a garage, a saw mill, an open prison and an agricultural college.
Llanbadoc is the birthplace (1823) of Alfred Russel Wallace.
The community includes the villages of Monkswood and Glascoed.
Governance[edit]
An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north from Llanbadoc to Gwehelog Fawr. The total ward population taken at the 2011 census was 1,299.[3]
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Llanbadoc Church where Alfred Russel Wallace was baptized -
Commemorative seat on the banks of the River Usk -
River scene near Llanbadoc
References[edit]
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 3 April 2015.
- ^ Geograph.org.uk
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
External links[edit]
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