Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NASH

NASH, a parish, with a small village, in Newport district, Monmouth; on the coast of Bristol channel, at theleft side of the mouth of the river Usk, 3 miles S W of Llanwern r. station, and 3½ S S E of Newport. Post-town, Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 3, 563; of which825 are water. Real property, £4, 792; of which £10 are in fisheries. Pop., 284. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £80. Patron, Eton College. The church is pretty good. Charities, £30.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a small village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Nash Parish       Newport Poor Law Union/Registration District       Monmouthshire Ancient County
Place: Nash

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