Gwemesney, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Gwemesney, a parish in Monmouthshire, near Olway Brook, 2½ miles E by N of Usk. Post town, Usk, under Newport. Acreage, 545; population, 52. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff; net value,, £91 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is ancient.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Monmouthshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Gwernesney St. Michael | |
Hundred | Usk | |
Poor Law union | Pont-y-Pool |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Gwemesney from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Gwernesney (St. Michael))
Newspapers and Periodicals
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