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Mitchel Troy

Field	Value
coordinates
country	Wales
official_name	Mitchel Troy
welsh_name	Llanfihangel Troddi
static_image	Troy House.jpg
static_image_width	200px
static_image_caption	View looking north-west over Troy House, Mitchel Troy
community_wales	Mitchel Troy
unitary_wales	Monmouthshire
lieutenancy_wales	Gwent
constituency_westminster	Monmouth
post_town	USK
postcode_district	NP15
postcode_area	NP
post_town1	MONMOUTH
postcode_district1	NP25
postcode_area1	NP
dial_code	01600
os_grid_reference	SO493103
population	1,253
population_ref	(2011)
module	[[File:2024 Wales Monmouthshire Community Mitchel Troy map.svg	240px]]
Map of the community

Map of the community Mitchel Troy (, that is "church of St Michael on the River Trothy") is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located 3 miles south west of the county town of Monmouth, just off the A40 road leading towards Raglan. Settlements within the community include Tregare, Dingestow, Cwmcarvan and Wonastow.

History and amenities

The English name of the parish derives from the name of the river, the Welsh Troddi becoming Trothy and then Troy. The addition "Mitchel" is thought not to derive from the church's dedication to St Michael, but rather as a variant of the word "much" or "mickle", as also found at Mitcheldean in Gloucestershire, and used to differentiate the village from the nearby manor of Troy Parva.

John de Troye, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (died 1371), was born here early in the fourteenth century. Nathaniel Armstrong Wells, author, eldest son of the first black High Sheriff of Monmouthshire Nathaniel Wells, was christened here on 24 March 1806.

Church of St Michael and All Angels

The church of St Michael and All Angels dates back to the 13th century though the church was thoroughly restored in the 1870s in the Decorated style. The cleric and writer Adam of Usk was the rector in 1382–85; and the final resident incumbent of Mitchel Troy with Cwmcarvan, Arthur Walter Sneyd (1900-1980), who retired in 1971, is of note because he succeeded in taking both his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Jesus College, Oxford within two years of retiring. Following Sneyd's departure, the parish became served from Overmonnow and more recently it has been incorporated into the Monmouth group of parishes.

Troy House

Main article: Troy House

Troy House, about 1½ miles north east of the church, was largely rebuilt after about 1680, on the site of an earlier building, for the Duke of Beaufort, after the family seat at Raglan Castle had fallen into ruin.

Governance

Mitchel Troy is also the name of the electoral division, coterminous with the community. The division elects a county councillor to Monmouthshire County Council.

References

"Community and electoral ward population 2011".
Sir [[Joseph Bradney]], ''A History of Monmouthshire, vol.2 part 2'', 1913
"FamilySearch.org".
0-14-071053-1
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1977-79, OUP
"The Monmouth Group of Parishes - The Anglican churches in the Monmouth area".
(6 December 2002). "The County of Monmouthshire (Electoral Changes) Order 2002". Statutory Instruments.

Wikipedia Source

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