Place:Monkswood, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameMonkswood
Alt namesCapel Coed Y Mynachsource: Family History Library Catalog
Coed y Mynachsource: Welsh translation
TypeExtra parochial area, Chapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates51.718°N 2.954°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Newport (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoUsk Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
Llanbaddock, Monmouthshire, Walesparish in which it was a chapelry until the mid 19th century
source: Family History Library Catalog
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Monkswood (Welsh: Coed y Mynach) is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located two miles west of Usk on the A472 road to Pontypool. It lies parallel to the Berthon Brook, a minor trubutary of the River Usk.

Monkswood derives its name from the area of land farmed by monks from Usk in medieval times.

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

"MONKSWOOD, a parish, formerly extra-parochial, in Pontypool [registration] district, Monmouth[shire]; near the river Usk, and near the Monmouth and Pontypool railway, 2½ miles NW of Usk [railway] station. Post town: Usk, under Newport, Monmouth[shire]. Acres: 1,030. Real property: £1,022. Population: 179. Houses: 37. The property is all in one estate. The living is a [perpetual] curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value: £80. Patron: the Duke of Beanfort. The church is good."

Prior to becoming an independent parish, Monkswood had been a chapelry in the northern part of the parish of Llanbaddock.

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