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Wolves-Newton (St. Thomas à Becket)

WOLVES-NEWTON (St. Thomas à Becket), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, division of Trelleck, hundred of Raglan, county of Monmouth, 7½ miles (N. W. by W.) from Chepstow; containing 224 inhabitants. It is situated near the road from Chepstow to Usk, and comprises by admeasurement 2675 acres, of which about two-thirds are arable, and 251 acres woodland; the soil is clay, producing excellent wheat, and there is some very fine oak-timber. Stone is quarried for building. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 2. 8½., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes have been commuted for £244; the glebe contains 23 acres. The church is an ancient structure, and accommodates about 110 persons. Here is a place of worship for Independents. On an eminence is an oblong encampment called Gaer Vawr, the most extensive in the county; and not far from it is a small circular one named Cwrty Gaer.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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