Difference between revisions of "Usk Hundred"

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[[File:Usk Hundred.svg|thumb|250px|right|Usk hundred shown within Monmouthshire]]
 
[[File:Usk Hundred.svg|thumb|250px|right|Usk hundred shown within Monmouthshire]]
'''Usk''' is a [[Hundred]] of [[Monmouthshire]].  
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'''Usk''' is a [[Hundred]] of [[Monmouthshire]], situated in the centre of the county. It is bounded to the north by the hundreds of [[Abergavenny Hundred|Abergavenny]] and [[Raglan Hundred|Raglan]]; to the east and south by the hundred of [[Caldicot Hundred|Caldicot]]; and to the west by the hundred of [[Wentloog Hundred|Wentloog]].
  
It is situated in the centre of the county, bounded to the north by the hundreds of [[Abergavenny Hundred|Abergavenny]] and [[Raglan Hundred|Raglan]]; to the east and south by the hundred of [[Caldicot Hundred|Caldicot]]; and to the west by the hundred of [[Wentloog Hundred|Wentloog]].
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It is the fourth-most populous of Monmouthshire's hundreds with a population of 74,952 in 2011.
 
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It is the fourth-most populous of Monmouthshire's hundreds with a population of 74,952.
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It contains the following ancient parishes:
 
It contains the following ancient parishes:
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*[[Llanthewy Vach]]
 
*[[Llanthewy Vach]]
 
*[[Llantrisant, Monmouthshire|Llantrissant]]
 
*[[Llantrisant, Monmouthshire|Llantrissant]]
*[[Monkswood]]
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*[[Monkswood]] (ex. par.)
 
*[[Pontymoile|Llanvihangel Pont y Moile]]
 
*[[Pontymoile|Llanvihangel Pont y Moile]]
 
*[[Llanfrechfa]]
 
*[[Llanfrechfa]]

Latest revision as of 18:38, 28 June 2020

Usk hundred shown within Monmouthshire

Usk is a Hundred of Monmouthshire, situated in the centre of the county. It is bounded to the north by the hundreds of Abergavenny and Raglan; to the east and south by the hundred of Caldicot; and to the west by the hundred of Wentloog.

It is the fourth-most populous of Monmouthshire's hundreds with a population of 74,952 in 2011.

It contains the following ancient parishes:

*: Partly in Caldicot hundred.

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Hundreds of Monmouthshire

Abergavenny • Caldicot • Raglan • Skenfrith • Usk • Wentloog