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LLANBEDR GWYNLLWG / PETERSTONE WENTLLOOG, Monmouthshire

"PETERSTONE, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Wentllooge, county Monmouth, 6 miles S.W. of Newport, its post town, and the same distance from Cardiff. The village, which is small, is situated on the Bristol Channel. The impropriate tithes, belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Bristol, have been commuted for a rent-charge of £130, and those of the perpetual curate for one of £25. The appropriate glebe comprises 63 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £57, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient edifice, with a lofty tower supported by buttresses. It was erected at the expense of Fitzhamon's daughter Maud."

[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.

Peterstone Parish; Statistics; Area 3234 acres; Population 70 males, 81 females, total 151

• Peterstone Wentllwg Parish Church        Attendance - afternoon 9      1 service in Welsh       Samuel Evans, Curate

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.

  Llanbedr Gwynllwg / Peterstone Wentlloog, St Peter's Church - records with the NLW
  Marriages	Marriages
  1754-1812, 1845-1954	1754-1812, 1845-1954
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-75, 1777-92, 1794-1865 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Peterstone.

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  - 4 March 2011)

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