Tredunnock

Tredunnock
Welsh: Tredynog

St. Andrew's Church, Tredunnock
Tredunnock
 Tredunnock shown within Monmouthshire
Population 100 
OS grid referenceST379948
Principal areaMonmouthshire
Ceremonial countyGwent
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town USK
Postcode district NP15
Dialling code 01633
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentMonmouth
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Coordinates: 51°38′55″N 2°53′55″W / 51.6486°N 2.8985°W

Tredunnock (Welsh: Tredynog) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. Tredunnock is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Caerleon and four miles south of Usk.

History and amenities

The River Usk near Tredunnock

The River Usk passes close by just below the village in the Vale of Usk and across the river lies the Wentwood escarpment. Historical Caerleon and Usk are within easy reach by car.

The Church in Wales parish church of St. Andrew, which has a 14th-century tower, contains a Roman tablet dedicated by the wife of a soldier of the Second Augustan Legion, the Legio II Augusta. The graveyard contains the tomb of Isabella Gill, wife of Rev John Philip Gill and only daughter of Sir John Franklin pioneer of the Northwest Passage.[1]

In the early 19th century, at the time of William Coxe's visit to the area, there was a forge at Trostrey, near Kemeys Commander, from which bar iron was sent by road to "Tredunnock bridge" for conveyance down river to Newport and onward export to Bristol.[2]

The parish includes the hamlet of Newbridge-on-Usk, location of the Newbridge Inn.

The village has a picturesque well.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hando, F.J., (1951) "Journeys in Gwent", R. H. Johns, Newport: Chapter 3 - Pen-y-Cae-Mawr to Tredunnock.
  2. ↑ Hando, F.J., (1951) "Journeys in Gwent", R. H. Johns, Newport: Chapter 1 - Springtime Pilgrimage: Trostrey and Kemeys Commander.
  3. ↑ Village well in Treddunock

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