St Illtyd no longer parish Church

THE LONDON GAZETTE, 15th DECEMBER, 1911.

INSTRUMENT substituting the new church called Christ Church, situate within the parish of Llanhilleth, in the county of Monmoutih and in the diocese of Llandaff, for the old church of Saint Illtyd, situate within and hitherto being the parish church of the* same parish. To all to whom these presents shall come, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England send Greeting : — WHEREAS a new church has lately been built within the parish of Llanhilleth, in the county of Monmouth and in the diocese of Llandaff, and has been consecrated and is called Christ Church. And whereas1 the Right Reverend Joshua Pritchard, Bishop of the said diocese of Llandaff, as such Bishop, the Most Honourable William, Marquess of Abergavenny, a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, as the Patron of the Rectory of the said parish of Llanhilleth, and the Reverend Daniel Felix, the Rector or Incumbent of the said Rectory of Llanhilleth, have by an Instrument under their hands, bearing data on or about the twenty-eighth day of October, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven, certified to us, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, that it would be for the convenience of the said parish of Llanhilleth that the said new church called Christ Church, situate within such parish, should be substituted for the old parish church (dedicated to Saint Illtyd) of the same parish. Now, therefore1, we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in exercise and execution of the .power or authority in that behalf contained in the Act of the eighth and ninth years of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, chapter seventy, and in the Act of the nineteenth and twentieth years of Her said late Majesty, chapter fifty-five, and of all other powers or authorities in anywise enabling us in the same behalf, do by this Instrument under our common seal, with the consent (testified as hereinafter mentioned) of the said Joshua Pritchard, Bishop of the said diocese of Llandaff, and of the said William, Marquess of Abergayenny, and of the said Daniel Felix, hereby declare that the said new church called Christ Church, situate within the said parish of Llanhilleth, and duly consecrated as aforesaid, shall be and the same is hereby substituted for the said old parish church (dedicated to Saint Illtyd as aforesaid) of the same parish, and that such new church shall henceforth be the parish church of the said parish of Llanhilleth in lieu of the said old parish church as fully in all respects as if the said new church called Christ Church, so hereby substituted, had been originally the parish church of the same parish; and we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities aforesaid, and with such consents as aforesaid (testified as hereinafter mentioned), do hereby transfer all the endowments, emoluments, and rights of or belonging to the said old parish church (dedicated to Saint Illtyd as aforesaid) of the said parish of Llanhilleth, or of or belonging to the Rector or Incumbent thereof, to the said new church called Christ Church (now being, by virtue of these presents, the parish church of the said parish of Llanhilleth), and to the Rector or Incumbent thereof and his successors for ever. In witness whereof to these presents we, the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, have set our Common Seal, and the said Joshua Pritchard, Bishop of the said diocese of Llandaff, has set his hand and affixed his Episcopal Seal, and the said William., Marquess of Abergavenny, and the said Daniel Felix have respectively set their hands and affixed their seals this thirtieth day of November, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven. J. P. Llandaff.
Seal of the
Ecclesiastical
Commissioners
for England.
A b ergav ermy. vL' S->
Daniel Felix. (L.S.

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