[MONMOUTH.] IFTON. 32 (POST OFFICE IFTON is s parish, 6! miles south-west from Chepstow Ifton with Llanvihangel, joint yearly tithe value £~'390, in railway station, 3 from Portshewet,3~ from Ifton, and 3~ from the gift of Lord Tredegar and held by the Rev. Richard Magor, in the hundred of Caldecot union, county court dis- Williams. Col. Rooke ii! ford of the manor and the prin. trict of Chepstow, rural deanery of St. Bride N etherwent, cipallandowner. The chief crops are corn; pasture land Monmouth archdeaconry, Llandaffdiocese, and Canterbury very good; there are considerable woods. The area is 1,155 province: it is situated on the Bristol Channel and South acres; gross estimated rental, £1,119; rateable value, Wales Railway. There is no church. The living is a rectory £946; and the population in 1861 was 20. annexed to Roggiett, under the name of Roggiett.cum- ITTON, with the. Hamlet of HOWICK. ITTON is a parish, 3 miles from Chepstow, in the Lower Curre. In the record of a speech-court, holden :under the division of Caldicot hundred, union and county court district Foresters' Oak in Wentwood, in the year 1668, it is said, of Chepstow, Netherwent rural deanery, Monmouth arch­ "Sir William Bamdmele ou~ht to haye huusebootte and deaconry, Llandaff diocese, and province of Canterbury: it haybootte at his house at uditton from the Conquest." is situated on the road from Chepstow to Devanden Green. This is unquestionably the ancient name of Itton. The 'fhe church of Saint Deniol is a stone building, in the Early Trustees of the late .Edward Curre, who are lords of the English style,thoroughlyrepaired and beautifully restored in manor, T. H. Morgan, esq., and the Duke of Beaufort 18G9, at the cost chiefly of Mrs. Curre, it has a nave, aisles, are the principal landowners. The soil is light; subsoil, chancel, tower with 1 bell, and a stained east window limestone. The area, with Howick, is 1,798 acres; gross representing The Crucifixion. The register dates from the estimated rental, £2,087; rateable value, .£1,78! 6s. 6d.; year 1773. The living is a rectory, £200 yearly tithe rent­ and the population in 1861 was 196. charge, in the gift of Edward Curre, esq., and at present Parish Clerk ~ Sexton, George Pearce. vacant. A Suuday school is held in the mansion of Mrs. Curre. Here is a flour mill and a small water saw Letters through Chepstow, which is the nearest money mill. The mansion of I tton Court is the seat of Mrs. order office Curre Mrs. Itton court George -, farrr(er, Collage farm Nicholas W. farmer, Llanguilan . '€0MM ERCIAL. Hunt Edward James, farmer, Cophill Raveuhill Thomas, sawyer, White mill Adams Saml. 11teward to the Itton estate J ames Isaaa, shopkeeper Roberts John, farmer, H.hyd-y-beddw Cadle Albert, farmer, Howick Jones Thomas, farmer, Cros!l Blethin Trotman -, farmer, The Hill Davies Wm. farmer & miller, Pantymill Murgan Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper~ Weeks Thomas, farmer, Fox~· Hounds XEMEYS-COMMANDER is a parish, 3 miles Wright Gardner. There is a Sunday school. T. P. Price, north-west-by-north from U sk, I mile from N antyderri esq., is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are railway station, in the hundred and union of Pontypool, T. P. Price,esq., Edward Price, yeoman, Richard Morgan, county court district of Usk, rural deanery of Pen-rhos, yeoman, Miss Sparrow, and Sir George Chetwynd, bart. archdeaconry of Monmouth, diocese of Llandaff, and pro­ The soil is gravelly; subsoil, red gravel, The chief crops vince of Canterbury; it is situated on the Usk. The are wheat, barley, oats, turnips, and mangold. The area is church of All Saints is an ancient stone building, in the 500 acres; gross estimated rental, £683 ; rateable value, Pointed ~tyle; it has a nave and chancel, turret with 2 £508; and the population in 1861 was 76. bells,. and a wooden porch. The register dates from the Parish Clerk, John Lodge. year 1813. The living is a vicarage, with £5 paid in lieu of tithe, and the interest of £200 from Queen Anne's Bounty, and about 40 acres of bounty land, in the gift of Letters through Usk, which is the nearest mooey order Thomas Phillips Price, esq., and held by the Rev. Samuel office Griffiths William, Boat inu, & farmer, IHobbis Isaac, farmer, Parsonage farm IPhillips Philip, farmer, Ty-draw Bridge end Morgan Richard, farmer, Church farm Price Edward, farmer, Lower house KEMEYS INFERIOR is a parish, in the hundred of ancient house called the Manor House, which was once a Caldecot, union of Newport, county court district of U sk, residence with great pretensions to beauty, but it is now rural deanery. of N etherwent, arch deaconry of Monmouth, used as a farmhouse. The lords of the manor are the Duke diocese of Llandaff, and province of Canterbury, distant of Beaufort and Holford C. Risley, esq., who, with W. H. from London by road 140 miles north-west, 3 north from P. Jenkins, esq., Messl'S. Muntley and Bedlington, are the Llanwern station, on the South Wales Railway, B north-east chief landowneri!. The soil is sandy ; subsoil, red sand­ from Newport, 12 west from Chepstow, and 7 south from stone. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and roots. Usk: it is situated on the high road from Newport to The area is 1,676 acres; gross estimated rental, £1,630; Chepstow. The church of All Saints is a building of native rateable value, £1,4G9; and the population in 1861 was 122. stone in the Early English style, consistin~ of nave, chancel, Parish Clerk, William Collins. a private aisle, and bell turret. The register dates from the -- year 1701. The living is a rectory, yearly value £148, in Letters received from Newport by messenger from Caerleon, the gift of Holford Cotton Risley, esq., of Deddington, Ox­ arriving at Kemeys about 10 a.m. & returning to that fordshire, and held by the Rev. Francis Burford Leonard, town immediately. This is also the nearest money order M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford.; Here is a large and office Evans Francis, Rising Sun Jerrams Samuel, farmer, The Graig 1\Iooc:ham Samuel, f>~rmer, Kemeys ho Haines Edwin, farmer Jones Edmund, farmer, Hull-moor 1\Ioxham Thomas, farmer, Kemeys ho Harper Thoma.'!, farmer, Panty-crugen Lewty J ames Reynolds, farmer, Caer- Phel ps J oseph, farmer, Grey house J effs Sylvanns John, farmer, Hendrew licken Skinner John, farmer, Abernant KILGWRWG is a parish, distant 141 miles west from Archdeacon of Llandaff, and held by the Rev. Jolm Price. London, and .5£ east-south-east from Usk railway station, 'l'he Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor and principal in the Upper division of the hundred of Rag-lan, union and landowner. 'I he soil is a stifl' loam; sub!loil, clny. 'I' he county coqrt district of Chepstow, Usk rural deam~ry, M on­ chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and roots. The area is mouth archdeaconry, Llandaff diocese, and Canterbury 659 acres; gross estimated rental, £520; rateable value, province. The church is a amall ancient stone edifice. £433; and the population in 1861 was 121. The register dates from the year 1813. The living is a Lettel'8 through Chepstow, which is the nearest money order rectory, £64 yearly tithe rent-charge, in the gift of the office Bevan Edwin, blacksmith, Cheddy-f- Bevan William, farmer & haulier, The Jordan Ebenezer, farmer, Lit. Kilgwrl'fg Fan Hill • Nicholas Waiter, farmer, Kil~rwg ho Bevan John, farmel"', The Yewen Gwynn Thomas, farmer, Parry'i farm Richard9 WilUam,. farme1" Pttch & Pay • 1 .