Place:St. Brides Wentlloog, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NameSt. Brides Wentlloog
Alt namesSt. Brides-Wentlloogesource: from redirect
Llansanffraid Gwynllŵgsource: Welsh translation
TypeParish (ancient), Civil parish
Coordinates51.534°N 3.021°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
Wentloog Hundred, Monmouthshire, Waleshundred in which it was located
source: Family History Library Catalog
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St. Bride's or St. Bride's Wentlloog (Welsh: Llansanffraid Gwynllŵg) is a small hamlet to the southwest of the city of Newport in South Wales.

It lies in the ancient parish of Wentlooge (or Wentlloog) and the electoral district (ward) of Marshfield. Like most of the settlements on the Wentloog Level it lies on land behind the sea wall, reclaimed from the Bristol Channel, and criss-crossed by large and small drainage ditches, known locally as "reens".

History

The village and church of St. Brides, Wentloog is dedicated to St. Bridget. (St. Brides is a common shortening of St. Bridget.)

St Brides church is an ancient building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and an unusually fine perpendicular embattled western tower containing 6 bells, four of which are dated 1734 and bear inscriptions. A plaque inside the porch marks the high-tide level of the Bristol Channel floods of 1607.

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