Place:St. Brides Netherwent, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameSt. Brides Netherwent
Alt namesSant-y-Bridsource: Welsh translation
St. Brides-Netherwentsource: alternate spelling
Llandevennysource: hamlet in parish
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish, Deserted settlement
Coordinates51.601°N 2.826°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
See alsoStrigoil Lordship, Monmouthshire, Walesancient holding in which it was located
Caldicot Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
Chepstow Rural, Monmouthshire, Walesrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Caerwent, Monmouthshire, Walesparish into which it was absorbed in 1935
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of St. Brides Netherwent from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BRIDES-NETHERWENT (St.), a parish in Chepstow and Newport [registration] districts, Monmouth[shire]; on the Julian way, 2 miles N by E of Magor [railway] station, and 6 ½ E by S of Caerleon. It includes the hamlet of Llandevenny; and its Post Town is Magor, under Chepstow. Acres: 1,032. Real property: £1,399. Population: 171. Houses: 37. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £178. Patron: T. Perry, Esq. The church is good.
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

St. Brides Netherwent (Welsh: Sant-y-brid) is a parish and largely deserted village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is centred 2 miles north of Magor, and 3 miles west of Caer Went. The A48 road from Newport to Chepstow passes close by to the north.

The parish was part of the medieval lordship of Strigoil. Its name distinguishes it from the village of St. Brides Wentlloog, to the west of Newport. "Netherwent" is the English name given from the Norman period onwards to the Welsh cantref of Gwent-is-coed (Gwent beneath the wood, i.e. Wentwood), with "-went" deriving from the Roman town of Venta which became Caerwent.

Aside from the modern farmhouses beyond the clustered centre, St. Brides Netherwent was abandoned in the 18th century.

In 1935, in a move to reduce the number of parishes within Chepstow Rural District, St. Brides Netherwent was absorbed into the civil parish of Caerwent.

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