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Coordinates: 51°47′21″N 2°44′11″W / 51.78905°N 2.73646°W
Mitchel Troy Welsh: Llanfihangel Troddi 
View looking north-west over Troy House, Mitchel Troy
Mitchel Troy
Mitchel Troy shown within MonmouthshireOS grid reference SO493103 Principal area Monmouthshire Ceremonial county Gwent Country Wales Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town MONMOUTH Postcode district NP25 Dialling code 01600 Police Gwent Fire South Wales Ambulance Welsh EU Parliament Wales UK Parliament Monmouth List of places: UK • Wales • Monmouthshire Mitchel Troy (Welsh: Llanfihangel Troddi, that is "church of St. Michael on the River Trothy") is a village 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.
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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.[1]
Church of St. Michael
The parish church of St. Michael is built mainly in the Decorated style of about the 13th century; a 19th century inscription claims it was built in 1208. The cleric and writer Adam of Usk was the rector in 1382-85. The church was thoroughly restored in 1870.[1][2]
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.[1][2] The house remained in the Somerset family until it was sold in 1901, after which it became a convent school and later, from 1935, an approved school. In 2008, proposals have been made for its conversion into residential apartments.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Sir Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire, vol.2 part 2, 1913
- ^ a b John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, 2000, ISBN 0-14-071053-1
- ^ Monmouthshire Beacon, New lease of life for Troy House?, 29 December 2008
External links
- Genuki basic info on the history of Mitchel Troy
- Kelly's Directory 1901
- Geograph photos of Mitchel Troy
- Map sources for Mitchel Troy
Categories:- Villages in Monmouthshire
- Gwent geography stubs
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