Name | Duffryn |
Alt names | Dyffryn | source: Welsh translation |
Type | Township, Civil parish, Suburb |
Coordinates | 51.5603°N 3.0198°W |
Located in | Monmouthshire, Wales ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Gwent, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Newport (principal area), Wales (1996 - ) |
See also | Gwynllwg Commute, Monmouthshire, Wales | commute in which it was located | | Bassaleg, Monmouthshire, Wales | ancient parish in which it was located | | Wentloog Hundred, Monmouthshire, Wales | hundred 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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