Maindee, Monmouthshire
Historical Description
Maindee, a chapelry in Christchurch parish, Monmouthshire, suburban to Newport, and forming part of that county borough. It was constituted in 1866, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office (T.S.O.) under Newport. Population, 12,744. Maindee Park is the chief residence. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £290. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church was built in 1861. There are mission churches at Liswerry, Barnard Town, and St Julians; also Baptist and Wesleyan chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Maindee 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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