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DRENEWYDD GELLI-FARCH / SHIRE NEWTON, Monmouthshire

"SHIRE-NEWTON, a parish in the upper division of Caldicott hundred, county Monmouth, 4 miles W. of Chepstow, its post town, and 10 from Usk. It is situated on an eminence overlooking a fertile valley. It was formerly of more importance than at present. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Llandaff, value £310, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket. The parochial charities produce about £4 per annum. There is a National school."

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

Bibliography

• Evans, J Daryll.                From Shirenewton to Llandaff : Bishop Bleddyn's reforms.            Gwent Local History 76 1994      Welsh Journals Online
• Webster, Janet. A bronze head of Mars from Shirenewton, Gwent. Britannia 21 (1990), p. 295-7.

Church History

• Shirenewton Church site - photographs and 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.

Shire-Newton Parish; Statistics; Area 3544 acres; Population 508 males, 425 females, total 933

• Shirenewton Parish Church      Attendance - morning 78 + 37 scholars, afternoon 92 + 24 scholars      2 services in English    Edward Inwood Jones, Rector
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• Wesleyan Chapel          Erected c 1825       Attendance - evening 70           Zechariah Jones, Steward
• Bible Christians, Mynydd Bach        Erected 1850        Attendance - morning 8, afternoon 18, evening 11            James Penny, Steward
• Earlswood Wesleyan Methodist       Erected 1799      Attendance - afternoon 80        John James, Steward
• Mount Zion, Gaerlwyd, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist        Erected 1842     Attendance - morning 37 scholars, afternoon 69     "A Day School held within the chapel commencing March 31 1851" Edward Jones, Member, Caerlwyd
• Fishers Place, Bible Christians      "This is a cottage in which there has been Religious Service for the last 10 or 12 years"       Attendance - evening 30        William Powell, Steward

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.

  Drenewydd Gelli-Farch / Shire Newton, St Thomas à Becket's Church - records with the Gwent RO
  Baptisms	Marriages	Banns	Burials
  1730-69, 1771-1971	1733-1971	1803-7, 1848-1928	1730-1955
  Bishops Transcripts	1725, 1729-38, 1740-1867, 1881-7 - records with the NLW

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

Description and Travel

• Shirenewton community site - Shirenewton.org.
• Shire Newton photographs - on  geograph.org.uk
• Shirenewton - on wikipedia

Directories

• Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire 1901 - Shirenewton

History

• Shire Newton Local History Society

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 - 3 Oct 2012)

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