Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARSHFIELD

MARSHFIELD, a village and a parish in Newport district, Monmouth. The village stands near the South Wales railway, 5 miles SW of Newport; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 1,270 acres; and its Post town is Newport, Monmouth. Real property, £2,498. Pop., 509. Houses, 115. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £55.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is later English, in good condition; and contains stone-stalls.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Marshfield AP/CP       Newport RegD/PLU       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Marshfield

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