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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Newcastle like this:
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.
Newcastle is now part of MONMOUTHSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how MONMOUTHSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Newcastle itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Newcastle in Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25169
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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