Place:Duffryn, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameDuffryn
Alt namesDyffrynsource: Welsh translation
TypeTownship, Civil parish, Suburb
Coordinates51.5603°N 3.0198°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Newport (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoGwynllwg Commute, Monmouthshire, Walescommute in which it was located
Bassaleg, Monmouthshire, Walesancient parish in which it was located
Wentloog Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
source: Family History Library Catalog


A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Dyffryn from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"DUFFRYN, a hamlet in Bassaleg parish, Monmouth[shire]; near the river Ebwy and the Crumlin canal, 3 miles SW of Newport. Population: 275. Houses: 47."
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Duffryn (Welsh: Dyffryn) is now a large housing estate in the southwest of the City of Newport, Wales comprising a large portion of the Tredegar Park electoral district (ward). Built on land belonging to Tredegar House, it was completed in 1978 and at the time won several awards for its design.

Despite the relative recent development of the estate, the name Duffryn is an ancient name for the wider township of the ancient parish of Bassaleg.

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