A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
MICHAELSTONE-Y-VEDW, a hamlet and a parish in the district of Newport; the hamlet in Monmouth, the parish partly also in Glamorgan. The hamlet lies on the river Rumney, at the boundary with Glamorgan, 2½ miles NW of Marshfield r. station, and 5 SW of Newport. Acres, 1,134. Real property, £1,110. Pop., 203. Houses, 43. The parish contains also the hamlet of Llanvedw, which is its Glamor.gan portion. Acres of that hamlet, 2,299. Real property, £1,962. Pop., 309. Houses, 62. Post town, Newport, Monmouth. The property is divided between two. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £500. * Patron, Col.K. K. Tynte. The church is good. There are an endowed school with £64 a year, and charities £11.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Michaelston Y Vedw CP/AP Glamorgan AncC Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place: | Michaelston Y Vedw |
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