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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
RISCA, a village and a parish in Newport district, Monmouth. The village stands on the river Ebbw, the Crumlin canal, and the Sirhowy and Newport railway, 5½ miles W N W of Newport; is a thriving place, dependent chiefly on the collieries, tinplate works, and chemical works of Pontymister and Tydee; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office‡ under Newport, Monmouth. The parish comprises 1,877 acres. Real property, £5, 825; of which £58 are in quarries, and £465in railway s. Pop. in 1851, 2,044; in 1861, 2, 744. Houses, 584. The property is divided among a few. R. House is a chief residence. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £102. Patron, the Vicar of Bassaleg. The church is good; and there are chapels for Baptists, Calvinistic Methodists, and Wesleyans.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Risca CP/AP Newport RegD/PLU Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Risca |
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