Penrose (St. Cadocus)
PENROSE (St. Cadocus), a parish, in the division and hundred of Raglan, union and county of Monmouth, 2 miles (N.) from Raglan; containing 358 inhabitants. It consists of elevated and highly undulated ground, from parts of which some pleasing and extensive prospects are obtained; the soil is of a clayey quality. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Llantilio-Cressenny: there is a glebe of 50 acres. The church is an ancient structure, with a square tower.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.