A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BASSALEG, or Bassalleg, a village and a parish in Newport district, Monmouth. The village stands in the vale of the Ebbw, at the junction of the Western Valleys and the Sirhowy railways, adjacent to Tredegar Park, 3 miles WNW of Newport; and it has a station at the railway junction, and a post office under Newport. A priory of Black monks, a cell to the abbey of Glastonbury, was founded here about 1110, by Robert de Haya; but went into decay before the general dissolution. The parish includes also the hamlets of Duffryn, Craig, and Rogerstone. Acres, 6,955. Real property, £10,811. Pop., 2,169. Houses, 435. The property is all in one estate. Traces of a Saxon camp, called Craeg-y-Saesson, occur on the brow of a hill about a mile from the village; and traces of a British one, called Pen-y-Park-Newydd, occur about a mile further. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £318. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is an ancient structure, with an embattled tower. There are chapels for Independents and Baptists, and charities £23.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bassaleg AP Newport RegD/PLU Monmouthshire AncC |
| Place names: | BASSALEG | BASSALEG OR BASSALLEG | BASSALLEG |
| Place: | Bassaleg |
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