In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pen Hw like this:
PENHOW, a parish in Newport district, Monmouth; on Prat pill, 2¾ miles N of Magor r. station, and 7½ E N E of Newport. It has a post-office under Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 1, 784. Real property, £2 105. Pop., 293. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. P. Castle was very long the residence of the St. Maur family; retains an embattled tower; and is now afarm-house. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £194.* Patron, John Cave, Esq-The church is good.
Pen Hw through time
Pen Hw is now part of Newport district. Click here for graphs and data of how Newport has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Pen Hw itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pen Hw, in Newport and Monmouthshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8445
Date accessed: 18th October 2024
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