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"PENHOW, a parish in the lower division of Caldicott hundred, county Monmouth, 7 miles N.E. of Newport, its post town, and 6 E. by S. of Caerleon. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on Prat-Pill, in Wentwood. There are some ruins of St. Maur, or Seymour's Castle, at a farm in the neighbourhood. About a third of the parish is woodland, and the remainder arable and pasture. The surface is undulating, and the soil calcareous. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Llandaff, value £194. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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- Hook, Mandi. Kings, cobwebs and a castle reborn : the changing fortunes of Penhow Castle. In Britain (February 1994), p. 36-9.
- Morgan, Charles O. Notes on Penhow Castle. Newport, 1867. 27p.
- Morgan, Shem. Penhow through the ages. Caldicot : Penhow Millennium Committee, 2001. 32p
- Penhow Castle : Wales' oldest lived in castle : [souvenir history & guide].Chepstow] : Penhow Castle, 1987. 16p.
- Weeks, Stephen Penhow Castle Gwent Local History vol 46 1979 Welsh Journals Online
St John, Penhow (Church in Wales) |
Chapel, Parc-Seymour (Baptist) |
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. Penhow Parish; Statistics; Area 1784 acres; Population 150 males, 129 females, total 279
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[Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]Pen-Hw / Penhow, St John the Baptist's Church - records with the Gwent RO Baptisms Marriages Burials 1725-1961 1725-1975 1725-1812 Bishops Transcripts 1725-1839, 1846-51, 1853-4, 1857, 1860-72, 1875, 1880-5 - records with the NLW
- Penhow - on wikipedia
- Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Various landscapes
- PENHOW CASTLE
- The transcription of the section for Pen-Hw / Penhow from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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- Family Search have an interactive map called "England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851" showing parish (and other) boundaries with optional background maps such as Ordnance Survey. There is also a Search facility, do read the guidance notes to get maximum benefit from this useful resource. See here for further background information to assist in the interpretation of this data
- 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.
- Plan of the parish of Penhow in the County of Monmouth - on the People's Collection Wales site
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- 'Castle Wales' site - Penhow Castle.