Jump to content

Caldicot Hundred

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caldicot

Caldicot within Monmouthshire
Area
 • 183152,550 acres (212.7 km2)
History
 • Created1542
Statushundred
Subdivisions
 • TypeDivisions
 • UnitsHigher and Lower

Caldicot was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire, Wales.

It was situated in the south-eastern part of the county, bounded on the north by the hundreds of Usk and Raglan; on the east by Gloucestershire; on the south by the Bristol Channel, and on the west by the hundred of Wentloog.

It contained the following ancient parishes:[1]

The area is now administered by the local authorities of Newport and Monmouthshire.

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire: Vol.IV, The Hundred of Caldicot, 1929 (reprinted 1994), ISBN 0 9520009 4 6