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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Gwernesney like this:
GWERNESNEY, a parish in Pontypool district, Monmouth; on the Pontypool and Monmouth railway, near Olway brook, 2½ miles E by N of Usk. Post town, Usk, under Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 543. Real property, £825. Pop., 57. Houses, 11. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £112.* Patron, the Duke of Beaufort. The church is good.
Gwernesney is now part of MONMOUTHSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how MONMOUTHSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Gwernesney itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Staffordshire, in Monmouthshire and | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/10906
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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