St. Brides Netherwent

St. Brides Netherwent ( _cy. Sant-y-brid) is a parish and largely deserted village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located 2 miles north of Magor, and 3 miles west of Caerwent. The A48 Newport to Chepstow road passes close by to the north.

History

The church of St. Bridget or Brigid is set in quiet countryside, adjoining the site of a deserted medieval village. [ [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/409661 Geograph photo of deserted village] ] It was traditionally founded by Brochwael, the son of Meurig of Gwent, in the 10th century.Joseph Bradney, "A History of Monmouthshire: The Hundred of Caldicot", 1933] The church tower dates from the 13th or 14th century, but the body of the church was rebuilt in the 19th century after it became dilapidated.John Newman, "The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire", 2000, ISBN 0-14-071053-1]

The parish was part of the medieval lordship of Striguil. It is so named to distinguish it from the village of St. Brides Wentloog, to the west of Newport. "Netherwent" is the English name given from the Norman period onwards to the Welsh "cantref" of "Gwent-is-coed" (Gwent beneath the wood, i.e. Wentwood), with "-went" deriving from the Roman town of "Venta" which became Caerwent.

The village was abandoned in the 18th century.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.caerwentcom.com/chrch07.thm Caerwent Community website - St. Brides Netherwent church]
* [http://www.cefnpennar.com/StBridesNetherwent/index.htm Monumental Inscriptions for St Brides Netherwent]
* [http://www.gtj.org.uk/en/item1/28456 A Bronze Age flint arrowhead from near St. Brides Netherwent]
* [http://www.brighid.org.uk/wales.html Info on Saint Bridget / Brighid]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/StBrideNetherwent/index.html Genuki info on St. Brides Netherwent]
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