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LLANSANFFRAID GWYNLLWG / ST BRIDES WENTLLOOG, Monmouthshire

"ST. BRIDE WENTLLOOGE, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Wentllooge, in the county of Monmouth, 4 miles to the S. of Newport, its post town. It is situated on the coast of the Bristol Channel, at the mouth of the river Usk, and has a lighthouse. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Llandaff, of the value with the perpetual curacy of Coedkernew, of £120, in the gift of the bishop."

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

Church History

• Photograph of St Bridget's Church, and Photograph of Inside St Bridget's Church, St Brides Wentllooge, from Phil Draper.

Church 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.

  Llansanffraid Gwynllwg / St Brides Wentlloog, St Bridget's Church - records with the NLW
  Baptisms	Marriages	Burials
  1713-25, 1732-1812	1695-1971	1695-1714, 1729-1812
  Bishops Transcripts	1725-66, 1768-75, 1777-1821, 1823-8, 1830-7, 1840, 1844, 1847, 1852-5, 1857, 1860-73 - records with the NLW

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

• Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Mike John's transcriptions of selected parish records.

Maps

(Last updated - Gareth Hicks  - 29 March 2009)

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