Wonastow
| Wonastow | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
 Wonastow Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO484108 |
| Location: | 51°47’41"N, 2°44’56"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Monmouth |
| Postcode: | NP25 |
| Dialling code: | 01600 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Monmouthshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Monmouth |
Wonastow is a village and ancient parish in Monmouthshire, two miles south-west of Monmouth.
History & Amenities
Wonastow has a twelfth-century church dedicated to St Wonnow or St Winwaloe, believed to have been built on a seventh-century religious site.
Monmouth's Wonastow Road industrial estate adjoins the road between Wonastow and Monmouth. In the 16th century the Harberte family held Wonastow Court, amongst them several High Sheriffs of Monmouthshire. In the 17th century the prominent Milbourne family had their seat here, amongst them men such as Henry Milbourne who was one of the most important magistrates of northern Monmouthshire of his time and his nephew, William Milbourne (1633-1660), an MP.[1] [2]
References
- ↑ Kissack, K. E.: Monmouth: the making of a county town (Phillimore, ISBN 978-0-85033-209-4), page 34
- ↑ MILBORNE, William (c.1633-60), of Wonastow, Mon. and the Middle Temple (The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690) ed. B.D. Henning (Boydell and Brewer, 1983)
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