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[[File:River Usk - geograph.org.uk - 120773.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The River Usk near Tredunnock]] | [[File:River Usk - geograph.org.uk - 120773.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The River Usk near Tredunnock]] | ||
The [[River Usk]] passes close by just below the village in the Vale of Usk and across the river lies the Wentwood escarpment. Historical Caerleon and Usk are within easy reach by car. | The [[River Usk]] passes close by just below the village in the Vale of Usk and across the river lies the [[Wentwood]] escarpment. Historical Caerleon and Usk are within easy reach by car. | ||
The parish church of St. Andrew, which has a 14th-century tower, contains a Roman tablet dedicated by the wife of a soldier of the Second Augustan Legion, the Legio II Augusta. The graveyard contains the tomb of Isabella Gill, wife of Rev John Philip Gill and only daughter of Sir John Franklin pioneer of the Northwest Passage.<ref>Hando, F.J., (1951) "Journeys in Gwent", R. H. Johns, Newport: Chapter 3 - Pen-y-Cae-Mawr to Tredunnock.</ref> | The parish church of St. Andrew, which has a 14th-century tower, contains a Roman tablet dedicated by the wife of a soldier of the Second Augustan Legion, the Legio II Augusta. The graveyard contains the tomb of Isabella Gill, wife of Rev John Philip Gill and only daughter of Sir John Franklin pioneer of the Northwest Passage.<ref>Hando, F.J., (1951) "Journeys in Gwent", R. H. Johns, Newport: Chapter 3 - Pen-y-Cae-Mawr to Tredunnock.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 09:25, 15 August 2014
| Tredunnock | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
 St. Andrew's Church, Tredunnock | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST379948 |
| Location: | 51°38’55"N, 2°53’55"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Usk |
| Postcode: | NP15 |
| Dialling code: | 01633 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Monmouthshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Monmouth |
Tredunnock is a small village and ancient parish in Monmouthshire, located four miles northeast of Caerleon and four miles south of Usk. It forms part of the Usk Hundred.
History and amenities
The River Usk passes close by just below the village in the Vale of Usk and across the river lies the Wentwood escarpment. Historical Caerleon and Usk are within easy reach by car.
The parish church of St. Andrew, which has a 14th-century tower, contains a Roman tablet dedicated by the wife of a soldier of the Second Augustan Legion, the Legio II Augusta. The graveyard contains the tomb of Isabella Gill, wife of Rev John Philip Gill and only daughter of Sir John Franklin pioneer of the Northwest Passage.[1]
In the early 19th century, at the time of William Coxe's visit to the area, there was a forge at Trostrey, near Kemeys Commander, from which bar iron was sent by road to "Tredunnock bridge" for conveyance down river to Newport and onward export to Bristol.[2]
The parish includes the hamlet of Newbridge-on-Usk, location of the Newbridge Inn.
The village has a picturesque well.[3]
References
- ↑ Hando, F.J., (1951) "Journeys in Gwent", R. H. Johns, Newport: Chapter 3 - Pen-y-Cae-Mawr to Tredunnock.
- ↑ Hando, F.J., (1951) "Journeys in Gwent", R. H. Johns, Newport: Chapter 1 - Springtime Pilgrimage: Trostrey and Kemeys Commander.
- ↑ Village well in Tredunnock
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