HENLLYS, or Henllis, is a parish to the west of the road from Newport to Pontypool, 3 miles north from Rogerstone station on the Western Valleys section of the Great Western railway, 4½ north-west from Newport, 10 south from Pontypool and 26 southwest from Monmouth, in the Southern division of the county, Wentloog hundred, Newport petty sessional division, union and county court district, and in the rural deanery of Newport, archdeaconry of Monmouth, and diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. Peter is an ancient building of local stone, in the Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower containing 3 bells: there are 200 sittings. The register of baptisms and burials dates from 1765, marriages from 1754. The living is a rectory, with Bettws vicarage annexed, joint net yearly value £295, with 50 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Monmouth and the Board of Patronage, and held since 1900 by the Rev. David Jesse Evans, of St. Bees.

The Baptist chapel, erected in 1843, seats about 200 persons. The trustees of the late Lady Llanover, who are lords of the manor, and Lord Tredegar C.B.E. are principal landowners. The soil is sandy, resting on red sandstone. The chief crops are roots and some pasture land. The area is 2,663 acres of land and inland water; rateable value, £4,770; the population in 1921, 386.

Parish Clerk, Thomas Lloyd

Letters by messenger from Cwmbran R.S.O., collecting at the same time, at 10 a.m.
Cwmbran is the nearest money order & telegraph office, about 3 miles distant.

Public Elementary School built in 1878, at a cost of nearly £2,100 for 147 children.
John G. Williams master, Miss Gladys Pennals infants mistress.

Evans Rev. David Jesse, [rector] Rectory
Evans David Primrose Cottage
Jones David Dyffryn Cottage