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COED-Y-MYNACH / MONKSWOOD (ex. par), Monmouthshire

"MONKSWOOD, an extra parochial liberty in the lower division of the hundred of Usk, county Monmouth, 3 miles W. by N. of Usk, its post town, and 4 N.E. of Pontypool. It is situated on the river Usk. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £80. The Duke of Beaufort is impropriator."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Church History

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by I.G   Jones, & D. Williams. UWP,  Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.  Check with  Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches established after 1851.

Monkswood Extra Parochial; Statistics; Area 1030 acres; Population 85 males, 85 females, total 170

• Monkswood Chapel       "Supposed to be a chapel planted by the Monks of Tintern Abbey though there are no data to establish this"     Attendance - afternoon 30 + 12 'children'    1 service in English             J P R Shepard, Minister

Church Records

See the Monmouthshire county page for links to online records

• This list of parish records is intended as a rough guide to coverage only. Their location as stated should be confirmed with the appropriate Record Office prior to any visit.

  Coed-Y-Mynach / Monkswood, St Michael's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1783-1802, 1807-1961	1783-1837, 1839-1924, 1926-57	1866, 1871	1783-1804, 1807-1962
  Bishops Transcripts	1813-19, 1821-63, 1865-9, 1874-1900 - records with the NLW

  [Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]

Description and Travel

• Monkswood - on wikipedia
• Monkswood - on Vision of Britain
• Monkswood photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Monkswood

Maps

• Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.  Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county

• View maps covering the area of this parish and places within its boundaries

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks  - 8 April 2011)

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