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MONKSWOOD, a parish, formerly extra-parochial, in Pontypool district, Monmouth; near the river Usk, and near the Monmouth and Pontypool railway, 2½ miles NW of Usk r. station. Post town, Usk, under Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 1,030. Real property, £1,022. Pop., 179. Houses, 37. The property is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Valne, £80. Patron, the Duke of Beanfort. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish, formerly extra-parochial" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Monkswood ExP/CP/Ch Pont Y Pool RegD/PLU Monmouthshire AncC |
Place: | Monkswood |
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