Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIDES-WENTLLOOGE (St.)

BRIDES-WENTLLOOGE (St.), a parish in Newport district, Monmouth; on the coast and on the South Wales railway, adjacent to the mouth of the river Usk, 1½ mile E by N of Marshfield station, and 4 SSW of Newport. Post Town, Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 3,594; of which 1,690 are water. Real property, £3,073. Pop., 241. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The having is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Coedkernew, in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £120.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good; and there is an Independent chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire AncC
Place names: BRIDES WENTLLOOGE ST     |     ST BRIDES WENTLLOOGE
Place: St Brides Wentlloog

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