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CAERWENT, Monmouthshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
Besides numerous coins, and parts of columns and statues, some large and beautiful tesselated pavements have been discovered here. Near the village are the ruins of Caldicott Castle, a moated seat of the Bohuns, earls of Hereford. The living is a vicarage* with the perpetual curacy of Llanvair-Discoed annexed, in the diocese of Llandaff, value £258, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Stephen. The Baptists have a chapel here."
"CRICK, a hamlet in the parish of Caerwent, hundred of Caldicott, in the county of Monmouth, 3½ miles S.W. of Chepstow, its post town. It is situated on the Roman way to Caerwent."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]