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'''Castleton''' is a small village in [[Monmouthshire]], in the southwest of the county, perched between [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] to the east and [[Cardif]] to the west. [[St Mellons]], a Monmouthshire town that is now a Cardiff suburb, is the closest town.
'''Castleton''' is a small village in [[Monmouthshire]], in the south-west of the county, perched between [[Newport, Monmouthshire|Newport]] to the east and [[Cardiff]] to the west. [[St Mellons]], a Monmouthshire village that is now a Cardiff suburb, is the closest town.


The A48 dual carriageway is the main road through the village and to a passer-by Castleton may appear just as the few cottages along the road and an inn, with yards and farms beside, though more of Castleton is hidden away south of the main road.
The A48 dual carriageway is the main road through the village and to a passer-by Castleton may appear just as the few cottages along the road and an inn, with yards and farms beside, though more of Castleton is hidden away south of the main road.
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==Outside links==
==Outside links==
[[File:Tredegar House.jpg|right|200px|Tredegar House (1672)]]
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Latest revision as of 20:28, 27 February 2017

Castleton
Welsh: Cas-bach
Monmouthshire

Castleton Baptist Church
Location
Grid reference: ST253835
Location: 51°32’44"N, 3°4’41"W
Data
Post town: Cardiff
Postcode: CF3
Dialling code: 01633
Local Government
Council: Newport
Parliamentary
constituency:
Newport West

Castleton is a small village in Monmouthshire, in the south-west of the county, perched between Newport to the east and Cardiff to the west. St Mellons, a Monmouthshire village that is now a Cardiff suburb, is the closest town.

The A48 dual carriageway is the main road through the village and to a passer-by Castleton may appear just as the few cottages along the road and an inn, with yards and farms beside, though more of Castleton is hidden away south of the main road.

About the village

The Coach and Horses

The village has a pub / restaurant, the Coach and Horses, on the A48.

Castleton also has a large, prominent Baptist chapel across the road from the pub. It was at the Castleton Baptist Association meeting in 1816 that it was resolved to build the first Welsh Baptist Chapel in Newport, and the land then acquired in Charles Street, with the help of a bequest from John Williams, a Newport tailor.[1]

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References