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CHAPEL-HILL, a parish in Chepstow district, Monmouth; on the river Wye, 4½ miles N of Chepstow r. station. It contains Tintern Abbey; which has a post office under Chepstow. Acres, 820. Real property, £1,503. Pop., 497. Houses, 101. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £60. Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church was reported in 1859 as dilapidated. Charities, £63. See Tintern Abbey.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Chapel Hill Parish Chepstow Poor Law Union/Registration District Monmouthshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Chapel Hill |
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