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PEN-HW / PENHOW, Monmouthshire

"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)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Bibliography

• 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

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.

Penhow Parish; Statistics; Area 1784 acres; Population 150 males, 129 females, total 279

• No Returns
• According to Lewis 1849 it was a discharged rectory with 2 services in English.  The incumbent was a R J Smith, resident

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.

  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

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

Description and Travel

• Penhow Community site
• Penhow - on wikipedia
• Penhow photographs - on geograph.org.uk

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Penhow.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Pen-Hw / Penhow from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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

Military History

• 'Castle Wales' site - Penhow Castle.

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks - 3 July 2012)

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