Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WONASTOW

WONASTOW, a parish in the district and county of Monmouth; 2 miles SW by W of Monmouth r. station. Post town, Monmouth. Acres, 1,599. Real property, £1,567. Pop., 150. Houses, 31. W. Court was formerly the seat of the Herberts; is now the seat of Sir W. Pilkington, Bart.; and was built in the time of Henry VI. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £95.* Patron, Sir W. Pilkington, Bart. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wonastow AP/CP/Ch       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Wonastow

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