Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLANWERN

LLANWERN, a parish in Newport district, Monmouth; on the South Wales railway, 4 miles E of Newport. It has a station on the railway; and its posttown is Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 701. Real property, £1,303. Pop., 15. Houses, 3. The property, with Llanwern House, belonged formerly to the Vannes, and belongs now to the Rev. SirSalusbury, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £100. Patron, the Rev. SirSalusbury, Bart. The church is good.


(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: Llan Wern AP/CP       Newport RegD/PLU       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Llan Wern

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