Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWCASTLE

NEWCASTLE, a village in the N of Monmouthshire; 4¾ miles N W of Monmouth. It has a post-office under Monmouth, an ancient oak 27 feet in girth, a well formerly reputed to be "holy, " and remains of an ancientfort.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Newcastle

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