Place:Penalth, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NamePenalth
Alt namesPen-alltsource: Family History Library Catalog
Penalltsource: Wikipedia and modern maps
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.802°N 2.709°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Monmouthshire (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoRhaglan Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
source: Family History Library Catalog


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

"PENALTH, a parish in the [registration] district, and county of Monmouth[shire]; on the river Wye, 1½ mile S S E of Monmouth [railway] station. Post-town: Monmouth. Acres: 2,284. Real property: £2,656. Population: 458. Houses: 109. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Trelleck, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is pretty good. Charities, £12.

Penallt is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales set high on a hill above Monmouth. (Source: Wikipedia where there is a long description of the church.)

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