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SHIRE-NEWTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Chepstow district, Monmouth. The village stands 4 miles W of Chepstow r. station, and has a post-office under Chepstow. The parish comprises 3,544 acres. Real property, £3,772. Pop., 886. Houses, 195. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £310.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there is a national school.—The sub-district contains 16 parishes, and a part. Acres, 37,623. Pop., 4,893. Houses, 1,009.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Shirenewton Parish Chepstow Poor Law Union/Registration District Monmouthshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Shirenewton |
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