In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pillgwenlly like this:
PILL-GWENLLY, a chapelry in St. Woollos parish Monmouth; on the river Usk, immediately below Newport. It contains the Newport docks, and part of Newport town; and has a post-office‡ under Newport, Monmouth. Pop., about 7,000. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £300. Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. See Newport.
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Pillgwenlly through time
Pillgwenlly is now part of Newport district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newport has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pillgwenlly itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pillgwenlly, in Newport and Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25170
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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