Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PENMARK

PENMARK, a village and a parish in Cardiff district, Monmouth. The village stands 2 miles from the coast, 5½ S by W of Peterstone r. station, and 6½ S E of Cowbridge; and has a post-office under Cowbridge. The parish contains also the villages of Aberthaw, Burton, Cwm, Fonmon, Fontigary, Nurston, Rhos, and Tredogan. Acres, 3, 395; of which 160 are water. Real property, £3, 942. Pop., 529. Houses, 113. The property is divided among a few. Penmark Castle belonged to the Humfreviles, was destroyed by Owen Glendower, and is now a ruin. Fonmon Castle belonged also to the Humfreviles; passed to the St. Johns of Bletsoe; waspurchased by Col. Philip Jones, the famous parliamentary commander; is now the seat of R. O. Jones, Esq.; and shows late Norman or early English characters. Fontigary was often visited by John Wesley; and is now afarmhouse. Hydraulic lime, of high celebrity, is obtained at Aberthaw. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £224.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester. The church is good; and there are a Calvinistic Methodist chapel, and charities £10.


(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: Pen Marc AP/CP       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Pen Marc

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