Kemeys Commander, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Kemeys Commander, a parish in Monmouthshire, on the river Usk, 1 mile SW of Nantyderry station on the G.W.R., and 3 miles NW by N of Usk. Post town, Usk, under Newport. Acreage, 508; population, 61. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, JE53. The church is ancient.
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 | Kemeys-Commander All Saints | |
Hundred | Usk | |
Poor Law union | Pont-y-Pool | |
Registration district | Pontypool | 1837 - 1935 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Kemeys Commander from 1837 to 1935 you should search for the Pontypool Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Kemeys Commander from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kemeys-Commander (All Saints))
Maps
Online maps of Kemeys Commander are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
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