Caerleon, Monmouthshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Caerleon. You may be able to find further references to Caerleon in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Caerleon town with railway station Bartholomew
CAERLEON a small town and a subdistrict Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Caerleon within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
William Camden Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan 7
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 5: Usk and Caerleon 3
William Camden The Division of Britaine 3
William Camden Rest of Wales 3
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 1: Saint David's 2
William Camden Romans in Britaine (2) 2
William Camden Durham, Lancashire and Westmorland 2
George Borrow Wrexham and Llangollen 1
George Borrow Conclusion: Newport and Chepstow 1
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 4: Coed Grono and Abergevenni 1
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 4: Strata Florida 1
Gerald of Wales Book II, Ch. 12: Oswestry and Shrewsbury 1
William Camden Kent 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Caerleon Ultra Pontem 0 2
Llangattock 0 2
Christchurch 0 2
Llanhenwg 0 1
Maindee 0 2
Llanfrechfa 0 2
Malpas 0 2
Langstone 0 3
Llantarnam 0 3
Newport 61 4
Llan Wern 0 2
Pillgwenlly 0 2
Cemais 0 2
Tredunnock 0 2
St Woolloos 0 1
Betws 0 2
Llandegveth 0 2
Llanthewy Vach 0 2
Llanfarthin 0 1
Bishopston 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Caerleon. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CAER LEON William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CAERLEON John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CAER LEON AR USKE William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
CAERLLEON George Borrow Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery (Oxford, Mississippi, 1996).
CAERLLEON AR WYSG George Borrow Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery (Oxford, Mississippi, 1996).
ISCA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
ISCA LEGIONUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
ISCA SILURNUM William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).
LEGIO SECUNDA William Camden Britain, or, a Chorographicall Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland, and Ireland (London: George Bishop and John Norton, 1610).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.