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TREFONNEN / NASH, Monmouthshire

"NASH, a parish in the lower division of Caldicott hundred, county Monmouth, 3 miles S. by E. of Newport, its post town, and 5 from Caerleon. It is situated on the Bristol Channel, near the mouth of the river Usk. The village is small, and wholly agricultural. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £30, and the vicarial for £26. The impropriation belongs to the Provost and Fellows of Eton College. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff, value £80, in the patronage of Eton College. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about £30 per annum, realised from poor's land."

[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.

Nash Parish; Statistics; Area 3563 acres; Population 155 males, 156 females, total 311

• Nash Parish Church    Attendance - 30 morning and afternoon alternatively     1 service in English        B Samuel
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• Baptist Chapel       Erected c 1822       Attendance - morning 38 + 36 scholars, evening 86     Tom Jordan Thomas, 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.

  Trefonnen / Nash, St Mary's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1733-1943	1733-1970	1733-1984
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-50, 1753-5, 1758-1819, 1823, 1827-62, 1864-70 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Nash - on wikipedia
• Nash - on Vision of Britain
• Nash photographs - on geograph.org.uk
• Nash Community Council

Directories

• Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire 1901 - Nash.

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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