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.

References

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