[MONMOUTH.] WHITSON. 106 (POST .OFFICE Williams Henry, parish road surveyor, Four Ash street Williams Samuel, bell hanger, Maryport street William!! James, whitesmith, New Market street Williams Thomas, mason, Maryport street Williams John, beer retailer, Monmouth road Williams William, blacksmith, Maryport street Williams Lysond, saddler, Four Ash street Wysome John, Bridge, Bridge street Glascoed. Arnold William, farmer, 1\Jaes Mawr Morgan William, farmer, Hill farm Rees Richard, farmer Jayne John, farmer, New house Morris Morgan, haulier Williams Edward lime burner Jenkins Edward, fanner Mosely David, farmer , Williams Roger, farmer, Beecl1 farm Jenkins James, farmer, Trostrey farm Reece Benjamin, farmer, Wernhere Gwehellog. Blower Waiter, farmer, New barn George Thomas, farmer Powell George, farmer, Oak farm Coleman Charles, farmer Hill John, farmer, Upper Lancayo Richards Edward, timber :haulier Day Thomas, brick maker Hooper James, farmer, Little castle. Richards James, timber haulier · Edwards John, farmer Jones Alsop, farmer, Pentwyn farm Stock William, farmer Evans Mary (l1rs.), farmer, Lower J ones Richard, farmer Williams Richard, farmer, Green court Lancayo Lewis Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Coed Bran • • WHITSON is a parish, distant 148 miles west from a great quantity of waste land, which extends through the London, 6~ south-east-by-east from Newport, and 5 from parish, on both sides of the roads. On the west, the parish Magor railway station, in the Lower division of Caldicot is bounded by Monkditch pill, formerly made by the monks hundred, union aud county court district of Newport, rural of Goldcliff Hill, the bed of which is above the surface of deanery of ChristcJmrcb, archdeaconry of Monmouth the level: through this pill the water that comes down from diocese ofLlandaff, and province of Canterbury: it is situated the hills above is conveyed to the sea to prevent its over­ on the Bristol Channel~ a sea-wall-has been erected on the flowing the level. • William Phillips, esq., is lord of the coast. The church is an ancient stone building: the nave of manor. The principal landowners are William Phillips, the church has been restored, with open pews, and the esq., Colonel Rous, and Mr. John Keene. The soil is good chancel rebuilt in a very neat and' substantial manner; loam; subsoil, clay. The land is nearly all pasture. The there is a bandsome Norman font. The register dates from area is 1,073 acres; gross estimated rental £2,107; rateable the year 1815. The living is. a. vicarage, £134 6s. yearly value, £1,845; and the population in 1861 was 85. tithe rent-charge, with 48 acres of glebe land and residenceJ Pw·ish CN3rk, William Roberts. in the gift of Eton College an!l the Chapter of Llandatt' . - alternately, and held by the Ret. John Beynon. There is PosT 0PPICE.-John Green, receiver. Letters from New- a day school for children; there is a Sunday .school. There port arrivtt at 10 a. m.; dispatched at 4 p.m. The is now being enclosed, at the expense of the landowners, nearest money order office is at Newport Eeynon Rev. John. Vicarage Francis John, farmer, Whitson farm Keene John, farmer, Green court Phillips Wm. J .P., n.L. Whitson court Green John, farmer1 carpenter, wheel- Leonard George, farmer Taylor John, Whitson cottage wright & blacksmith Miles Edward, farmer, Whitson court COMMERCIAL. Jenkins Joseph, farmer, Arch farm Milner Charles, farmer, Newhouse Baker William, farmer, Church farm Jones Edward, stone mason Thomas Robert, farmer, Whitson green

• WILCRICK is a parish, distant 141 miles west from held .by the Rev. Edward Griffiths. 'l'he chUdren of this London, 5~ east-soutli-east from Caerleon, 1! from Magor parish attend the Magor day school. There are brick and railway station, and 8j from Newport, in the lower division tile works. "'·· P. Herrick, esq., is lord of the manor of Caldicot hundred, union and county court district of and principal landowner. The soil is partly clay and _partly Newport, Netherwent West rural d~anery, Monmouth sand; subsoil, sandstone and limestone. The chief crops archdeaconry, Llandaff di11cese, and Canterbury province; are grass, grain and turnips. The· area is 406 acres; gross it is situated on the road from Newport to Chepstow, and estimated rent~l..! £1,141; rateable value, £850; and the •the South Wales Railway passes through the parish. The population in 1t;01 was 28, now about 30. church (name unknown) is a stone building, rebuilt (except Parish Clerk, J ames Price. the chancel arch) in 1860, it has a nave, chancel, ana small turret with 1 bell, The living is a rectory, annexed to Llanmartin, £40 yearly tithe rent-charge, with 23 acres Letters through Newport. The nearest money order office of glebe land, in the gift of W. Perry Herrick, esq., and is at 1\Iagor Eaker Thomas, farmer, & steward to I Jackson George, brick & tile maker ) Williams William, farmer William Perry Hcrrick, esq 1Roberts William, farmer

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WOLVES NEWTON is a parish, distant 140! tniles the pre!!ent farmhouse known M Court-y-Gaer occupies the west from London, 5! east-by-south from Usk railway site of an ancient camp or intrenchment; a large portion station, and 8 from Cbepstow, in the hundred of Usk, of the moat is still remaining. The Duke of Beaufort, who union of Chepstow, county court district of Usk, Raglan is lord of the manor, Major Rumsey, and the trustees of the and Trelleck highway district, rural deanery of U sk, arch­ late H. Wakeman, esq., are the- principal landowners. The deaconry of Monmoutb, diocese of Llandaff, and C!lllterbury soil is a clayey loam; subsoil, mar]. The chief crops are province; situated on the old C.h.epstow road. The church wheat and oats. The area is 2,649 acres; gross estimated of ·St. Thomas-a-Becket is an old stone structure. The rental, £2,088; rateable value, £1,758; and the population livin~ is a rectory, £244 yearly tithe rent-charge, with in 1861 was 193. residence and 30 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of IJandafi~ and held by the Rev. George Platt Dew, B.A., of J e.'lus College, Cambridge, a domestic chaplain to Lord P08T OPPICB.-James Eevan, receiver. Letters arrive Raglan. There is a chapel for Independents. It is said from Chepstow at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.in. The that there were five court houses formerly here, and that nearest money order office is at Usk

Dew ReT. George Platt, B.A.. [rector], Daviea John, Plough inn Kerr William, farmer, The Hill farm The Rectory Davies Thomas, farmer, Ty-Major Miles Benjamin, farmer, Cwm Vagor Dew Mrs. J. W Frost Rachel, farmer, Court-y-gaer Morgan Leonard, farmer, Clydach coMMERCIAL. George Thomas, furmer, Nantygelly Pask George, farmer, near Nantygelly Bevan James~. shopkeeper &. wheel- Jenkins John, farmer, Cefn Gollow Prewett Hugh, farmer, Porthvainor wright Jones George, New inn· Pritcl.Jard 'l'homas, farmer, Lower Ty~ Davies Francis, farmer Jones Thomas, farmer, Great house dean