Difference between revisions of "Caldicot Hundred"
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[[File:Caldicot hundred.png|thumb|240px|right|Caldicot hundred shown within Monmouthshire]] | [[File:Caldicot hundred.png|thumb|240px|right|Caldicot hundred shown within Monmouthshire]] | ||
| + | [[File:Road out of Redwick, Monmouthshire - geograph.org.uk - 352284.jpg|thumb|250px|Flat landscape at [[Redwick, Monmouthshire|Redwick]] on the Caldicot Level]] | ||
'''Caldicot''' is a [[Hundred]] of [[Monmouthshire]]. | '''Caldicot''' is a [[Hundred]] of [[Monmouthshire]]. | ||
It is situated in the south-eastern part of the county, bounded on the north by the hundreds of [[Usk Hundred|Usk]] and [[Raglan Hundred|Raglan]]; on the east by [[Gloucestershire]]; on the south by the [[Bristol Channel]], and on the west by the hundred of [[Wentloog Hundred|Wentloog]]. | It is situated in the south-eastern part of the county, bounded on the north by the hundreds of [[Usk Hundred|Usk]] and [[Raglan Hundred|Raglan]]; on the east by [[Gloucestershire]]; on the south by the [[Bristol Channel]], and on the west by the hundred of [[Wentloog Hundred|Wentloog]]. | ||
| − | The hundred has given its name to the [[Caldicot and Wentloog Levels|Caldicot level]], an area of low-lying estuarine alluvial wetland and intertidal mudflats adjoining the north bank of the [[Severn Estuary]]. | + | The hundred has given its name to the [[Caldicot and Wentloog Levels|Caldicot level]], an area of low-lying estuarine alluvial wetland and intertidal mudflats adjoining the north bank of the [[Severn Estuary]]. Within the hundred are the eastern suburbs of the city of [[Newport]], as well as the towns of [[Caldicot, Monmouthshire|Caldicot]] and [[Chepstow]]. |
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It contains the following ancient parishes: | It contains the following ancient parishes: | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 5 October 2015
Flat landscape at Redwick on the Caldicot Level
Caldicot is a Hundred of Monmouthshire.
It is situated in the south-eastern part of the county, bounded on the north by the hundreds of Usk and Raglan; on the east by Gloucestershire; on the south by the Bristol Channel, and on the west by the hundred of Wentloog.
The hundred has given its name to the Caldicot level, an area of low-lying estuarine alluvial wetland and intertidal mudflats adjoining the north bank of the Severn Estuary. Within the hundred are the eastern suburbs of the city of Newport, as well as the towns of Caldicot and Chepstow.
It contains the following ancient parishes:
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| Hundreds of Monmouthshire |
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Abergavenny • Caldicot • Raglan • Skenfrith • Usk • Wentloog |
