St Brides Netherwent

St Brides Netherwent including Llandavenny

(A description written in 1891)

A Parish situated in a valley running from Llanvaches to Magor, 7 miles east-south-east from Caerleon, 8 west-by-south from Chepstow and 2 north from Magor station on the Severn Tunnel Junction & Newport line of the Great Western railway; in the Southern division of the county, lower division of Caldicot Hundred, Petty Sessional division of Newport, Union and County Court district of Chepstow; middle division of Netherwent rural deanery, Monmouth archdeaconry and Llandaff diocese.

The church of St. Bride or Bridget, is a building of stone in the Early English style, restored in 1848, and consists of chancel, nave, north porch and a saddleback western tower containing 2 bells: the church has sittings for 40 persons. The register of Baptisms and Burials dates from the year 1771; Marriages, 1754. The registers of LLANDAVENNY are included in those of St. Bride’s. The living is a rectory, £140 yearly tithe rent-charge, net yearly income £214, with 43 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Mrs. Perry-Herrick, of Beaumanor Park, Leicestershire, and held since 1869 by the Rev. John Richards Jones. Parish Clerk: John Morgan.

There is a Roman camp on the hill opposite the church, and a barrow, which was opened by the Caerleon Antiquarian Society in 1866 and the relics found sent to Caerleon Museum.

Schools:

National School for the parishes of Penhow, Llanvaches & St. Bride Netherwent, built in 1860, for 96 children; average attendance, 50; George James Butt, master; Miss Sarah Joseph, mistress.

Post: Letters through Newport arrive at 10.30 a.m. The nearest money order is at Magor & telegraph office at Portskewett. The nearest Post Office is at Magor. Post box cleared at 4.40 p.m.

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LLANDAVENNY

A Hamlet of St. Brides, 2 miles west, lying between Magor and Wilcrick, and in the Newport Union.

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Mrs. Perry-Herrick is lady of the manor and the sole landowner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, gravel and limestone. The chief crops are grain and roots. The area is 1,032 acres; rateable value, £843.

The population in 1881 including Llandavenny, was 146.

(extracts from Kelly's 1891 Directory of Monmouthshire, transcribed by J. Doe)

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