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Devauden was originally a chapelry in the parish of Newchurch East. (Source: A Vision of Britain through Time) Wikipedia further comments that "Both Devauden and the nearby hamlet of Fedw or Veddw (from Welsh Y fedw, "birch grove") were originally clusters of illicit cottages built as bases by woodcutters, mule drivers, quarrymen and labourers linked to the wireworks at Tintern and in the Angiddy valley. A school and a Methodist chapel were built in Devauden early in the 19th century. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Devauden. The Ordnance Survey map of Monmouthshire for 1900 marks Devauden and Fedw just to the east of the parish of Cilgwrwg within Newchurch East. In 1935, in a move to reduce the number of parishes within Chepstow Rural District, the civil parish of Devauden was formed and absorbed the earlier civil parishes of Llanvihangel Tor y Mynydd, Newchurch East and Wolvesnewton.
Devauden (Welsh: Y Dyfawden) is now a village and community in the principal area of Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales. It is located between Chepstow and Monmouth near the top of the Trellech ridge on the B4293 road. The community covers an area of 3,790 hectares (14.6 sq mi). [edit] Research tips
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