St. Bride's or St. Bride's Wentloog is a small hamlet to the south west of the city

City

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 of Newport

Newport

Newport is a city and unitary authority area in Wales. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, it is located about east of Cardiff and is the largest urban area within the historic county boundaries of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent...

 in South Wales

South Wales

South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...

.

Location

It lies in the community (parish) of Wentloog

Wentloog

Wentlooge , sometimes known as Wentloog, is a community in the southwest of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward.The name Wentlooge is a corruption of the earlier name Gwynllŵg, which itself was named after Gwynllyw, its 5th century or 6th century ruler.The community is bounded...

 and electoral district (ward) of Marshfield

Marshfield, Newport

Marshfield is an electoral ward and smaller village community and parish on the fringe of the city of Newport in South Wales. The area is governed by the Newport City Council.It is considered to be an affluent and sought-after area....

. Like most of the settlements on the Wentloog Level

Caldicot and Wentloog Levels

The Caldicot and Wentloog Levels are two areas of low-lying estuarine alluvial wetland and intertidal mudflats adjoining the north bank of the Severn estuary, either side of the River Usk estuary near Newport in south east Wales...

 it lies on land behind the sea wall http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/440381 reclaimed from the Bristol Channel

Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England. It extends from the lower estuary of the River Severn to the North Atlantic Ocean...

 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/611670 and criss-crossed by large and small drainage ditches, known locally as reens

Rhyne

A rhyne , rhine/rhyne , or reen is a drainage ditch, or canal, used to turn areas of wetland at around sea level into useful pasture....

 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/439506.

History

The village

Village

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 and parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 church http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/69919 of St. Bride's, Wentloog is dedicated to St. Bridget and is an ancient building of stone in the Decorated

Decorated

Decorated can have several meanings:*In architecture, the Decorated Period refers to a period and style of mediaeval Gothic architecture....

 and Perpendicular

Perpendicular

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 styles, and consists of chancel

Chancel

In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...

, nave

Nave

In Romanesque and Gothic Christian abbey, cathedral basilica and church architecture, the nave is the central approach to the high altar, the main body of the church. "Nave" was probably suggested by the keel shape of its vaulting...

, south porch and an unusually fine Perpendicular embattled western tower http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/611653 containing 6 bells, four of which are dated 1734 and bear inscriptions.

The West Usk Lighthouse http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/559151 is built on the shore of the Bristol Channel

Bristol Channel

The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from Devon and Somerset in South West England. It extends from the lower estuary of the River Severn to the North Atlantic Ocean...

 south of this parish.

It was the birthplace of Lyn Harding

Lyn Harding

Lyn Harding was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio...

 (1867 – 1952), the Welsh actor of stage, silent and talkie films, and radio.

External links

• At Kelly's Directory for Monmouthshire,1901