Tredunnock / TredynogExtract from Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire & South Wales, 1895.Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2011 TREDUNNOCK is a parish to the east of the Newport and Usk high road, halfway between Caerleon and Usk, and on the west bank of the river Usk, which is here crossed by a bridge of three arches, known. as "New Bridge"; it is 4½ miles south from Usk station and 4½ miles north-east from Caerleon station, both oh the Hereford section of the Great Western railway, and 7½ north-east from Newport, in the Southern division of the county, Usk hundred, petty sessional division of Caerleon, union of Newport, county court district of Usk, rura1 deanery of Usk (western division), archdeaconry of Monmouth, and diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. Andrew is an ancient building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower containing 6 bells: on the north wall is a memorial to Julias Julianus, a soldier of the second legion: a new vestry has been added given by the late Josiah Richards: there are 90 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1695; marriages and burials, 1711. The living is a rectory, yearly tithe rent-charge, £190, average £144, net income £148, with 47 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of John Capel Hanbury esq. and held since 1866 by the Ray. Charles Thelwall Salusbury M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. John Capel Hanbury esq. is lord of the manor; the principal landowner is Mrs. Doyle. The soil is light; subsoil, stony. The land is about equally divided between corn and some pasture land. The area is 1,288 acres; rateable value, £1,553; the population in 1891 was 168. Letters through Newport arrive at 8.30 a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph offices are at Usk & Caerleon; nearest post office at Llangibby The children of this parish go to the school at Llangibby Firbank Edward J. Croes Onan COMMERCIAL. |
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