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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))
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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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