Trostrey (St. David)
TROSTREY (St. David), a parish, in the union of Pont-y-Pool, division and hundred of Usk, county of Monmouth, 2¾ miles (N. by W.) from Usk; containing 196 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 1200 acres, on the eastern bank of the river Usk; and the road from Usk to Abergavenny runs through it. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy, valued in the king's books at £3. 8. 11½.; net income, £72; patron and impropriator, Sir S. Fludyer, Bart.; the tithes have been commuted for £205. 10. The church is ancient.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.