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BISHTON, or Bishopstone, a parish in Newport district, Monmouth; on the South Wales railway, 1½ mile E of Llanwern station, and 5¼ E by S of Newport. Post Town, Magor, under Chepstow. Acres, 1,211. Real property, £1,462. Pop., 188. Houses, 36. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £111. Patron, the Archdeacon of Llandaff. The church is good.
(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: | Bishopston Parish Newport Poor Law Union/Registration District Monmouthshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BISHOPSTONE | BISHTON | BISHTON OR BISHOPSTONE |
| Place: | Bishopston |
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