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"TROSTREY, a parish in the upper division of Usk hundred, county Monmouth, 2½ miles N.W. of Usk, its post town, and 6 from Ponty-Pool. The village is situated on the road from Usk to Abergavenny, near the eastern bank of the river Usk. Salmon are caught by a weir on the river, which rose 22 feet above the usual level on the 16th February, 1795. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff, value £72. The church is dedicated to St. David. There are a few small charities."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)

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Bibliography

  • Mein, A G.                    The memoirs of the Hughes of Trostrey.           Gwent Local History 71  1991     Welsh Journals Online
  • Mein, A G               'Whatever gods may be'; Trostrey and Llancayo - shrines, temples and graves            Gwent Local History vol 86 1999    Welsh Journals Online   
  • Mein, A G.             St David's Church, Trostrey : a landscape history.               Gwent Local History 78 1995  Welsh Journals Online
  • Mein, A G.             Excavations at Trostrey Castle, Usk, Gwent. Archaeology in Wales 32 (1992), p. 11-14.
  • Mein, A G & R F Olding           Dafydd Benwyn and a date for Trostre Court            Gwent Local History 65   1988    Welsh Journals Online
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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 built after 1851.

Trostrey Parish; Statistics; Area 1255 acres; Population 79 males, 97 females, total 176

  • Trostrey Parish Church Attendance - general congregation 120/130 1 service in English S W Gardiner, Perpetual Curate
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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.
    Trostre / Trostrey, St David's Church - records with the NLW
    Baptisms & BurialsMarriagesBanns
    1723-33, 1758-66, 1779-1801, 1805-19751732, 1761-1802, 1804-12, 1816-36, 1838-19661824-?1979
    Bishops Transcripts1725, 1728-34, 1737-1876 - records with the NLW
    [Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]
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Description & Travel

Various landscapes    - on the People's Collection Wales site

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Gazetteers

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Maps

  • 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 Trostrey in the County of Monmouth - on the People's Collection Wales site

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO369048 (Lat/Lon: 51.738721, -2.915582), Trostre / Trostrey which are provided by: