Llanthony

Llanthony, on the Honddu, in Monmouthshire, 20 miles N. of Abergavenny, a Cistercian abbey, founded in 1108. Its church and chapter-house form a fine ruin in the Transition Norman style. In the Prior's Lodge, now an inn, Walter Savage Landor lived for three years after his marriage, until driven away by worries that harassed all his life. He had spent much toil and money on attempts to improve the natural sterility of the soil. Four miles up the valley is Llanthony 'Monastery,' founded by 'Father Ignatius.'