Wolvesnewton: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m →Model Farm and Craft Museum: split sentence? |
|||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{ |
{{Short description|Village in Monmouthshire, Wales}} |
||
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} |
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} |
||
{{use British English|date=March 2020}} |
{{use British English|date=March 2020}} |
||
[[File:Wolvesnewton parish church with cross in the churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 299892.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Church of St Thomas à Becket, Wolvesnewton|Church of St Thomas à Becket]]]] |
[[File:Wolvesnewton parish church with cross in the churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 299892.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Church of St Thomas à Becket, Wolvesnewton|Church of St Thomas à Becket]]]] |
||
'''Wolvesnewton''' ({{ |
'''Wolvesnewton''' ({{langx|cy|Llanwynell}})<ref name="Placename_equiv">{{cite web |title=List of Standardised Welsh Place-names - Llanwynell (Wolvesnewton) |url=http://www.comisiynyddygymraeg.cymru/english/commissioner/placenames/pages/search.aspx?keyword=wolvesnewton |website=Welsh Language Commissioner |publisher=Government of Wales |accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref> is a small village in [[Monmouthshire]], Wales. |
||
==Location== |
==Location== |
||
Wolvesnewton, sometimes historically Wolves Newton, is in the [[Community (Wales)|community]] of [[Devauden]], in [[Monmouthshire]], south east Wales,<ref name="Maps_MCC">{{cite web |title=Maps - focus at Devauden Community and above |url=https://maps.monmouthshire.gov.uk |website=Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy (official site) |publisher=Monmouthshire County Council |accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref> {{convert|6|mi|km}} north west of [[Chepstow]], and between the villages of Devauden and [[Llangwm, Monmouthshire|Llangwm]].<ref name="Maps_MCC"/> It lies in the traditional Upper Division of the Hundred of Raglan.<ref name="Brayley_11_149">{{cite book |last=Brayley |first=Edward W. | |
Wolvesnewton, sometimes historically Wolves Newton, is in the [[Community (Wales)|community]] of [[Devauden]], in [[Monmouthshire]], south east Wales,<ref name="Maps_MCC">{{cite web |title=Maps - focus at Devauden Community and above |url=https://maps.monmouthshire.gov.uk |website=Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy (official site) |publisher=Monmouthshire County Council |accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref> {{convert|6|mi|km}} north west of [[Chepstow]], and between the villages of Devauden and [[Llangwm, Monmouthshire|Llangwm]].<ref name="Maps_MCC"/> It lies in the traditional Upper Division of the Hundred of Raglan.<ref name="Brayley_11_149">{{cite book |last=Brayley |first=Edward W. |author-link=Edward Bradley (writer)|title=The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County (vol. 11) |date=1810 |publisher=Thomas Malden |location=London |page=149}}</ref> |
||
==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
||
The village and civil parish took their English name from the family of Lupus (Wolf) or Lovel, who were [[lords of the manor]] in the 13th and 14th century.<ref name="Bradney">{{cite book |author= |
The village and civil parish took their English name from the family of Lupus (Wolf) or Lovel, who were [[lords of the manor]] in the 13th and 14th century.<ref name="Bradney">{{cite book |author=Joseph Bradney |author-link=Joseph Bradney |title=A History of Monmouthshire (vol. 2, part 2) |date=1913 |location=London |edition=1st |chapter=Hundred of Raglan}}</ref> |
||
The official Welsh name, Llanwynell, also found on many maps, is derived from the name of the reputed Saint Gwynell, noted by Lewys Dynn as "Syr Vwniel L. of(f) Wolffs Newton(,) Knight. He accepted the Christian Faith año 188, and erected a church at his own expense." In a list of Welsh parishes circa 1556, and in other later lists, Gwynell is given the parish of Llanwynell or Llanwnell.<ref name="B-G_Fisher_Saint">{{cite book |last1=Baring-Gould|first1=Sabine |author1link=Sabine Baring-Gould |last2=Fisher |first2=John |title=The Lives of the British Saints (vol. III) |date=1911 |publisher=[[Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion|The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion]] |location=London |pages=229–230}}</ref> |
The official Welsh name, Llanwynell, also found on many maps, is derived from the name of the reputed Saint Gwynell, noted by Lewys Dynn as "Syr Vwniel L. of(f) Wolffs Newton(,) Knight. He accepted the Christian Faith año 188, and erected a church at his own expense." In a list of Welsh parishes circa 1556, and in other later lists, Gwynell is given the parish of Llanwynell or Llanwnell.<ref name="B-G_Fisher_Saint">{{cite book |last1=Baring-Gould|first1=Sabine |author1link=Sabine Baring-Gould |last2=Fisher |first2=John |title=The Lives of the British Saints (vol. III) |date=1911 |publisher=[[Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion|The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion]] |location=London |pages=229–230}}</ref> |
||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
===Church of St Thomas à Becket=== |
===Church of St Thomas à Becket=== |
||
{{main|Church of St Thomas à Becket, Wolvesnewton}} |
{{main|Church of St Thomas à Becket, Wolvesnewton}} |
||
The [[parish church]] is dedicated to [[Thomas Becket|St Thomas à Becket]] who had been killed in 1170 and was [[canonised]] three years later. The church largely dates from the 13th century but was substantially restored in 1855–57. It has a 16th-century [[Saddleback roof|"saddle-back" roof]], and three bells. The north side of the churchyard is locally called the "devil's side" and has no graves.<ref name="SLHS_Bldgs"/> The [[war memorial]] in the churchyard incorporates part of a large mediaeval [[stone cross]].<ref name=Newman>{{cite book |first=John |last=Newman | |
The [[parish church]] is dedicated to [[Thomas Becket|St Thomas à Becket]] who had been killed in 1170 and was [[canonised]] three years later. The church largely dates from the 13th century but was substantially restored in 1855–57. It has a 16th-century [[Saddleback roof|"saddle-back" roof]], and three bells. The north side of the churchyard is locally called the "devil's side" and has no graves.<ref name="SLHS_Bldgs"/> The [[war memorial]] in the churchyard incorporates part of a large mediaeval [[stone cross]].<ref name=Newman>{{cite book |first=John |last=Newman |author-link=John Newman (architectural historian) |title=The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire |publisher=Pevsner Architectural Guides |year=2000 |isbn=0-14-071053-1}}</ref> |
||
===Gaer Fawr hill fort=== |
===Gaer Fawr hill fort=== |
||
The [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]] at Gaer Fawr (meaning in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], "great fort"), about {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Wolvesnewton, is the origin of a second Welsh name for the village, and is one of the largest hill forts in Monmouthshire. That second Welsh name, "Trenewydd Dan-y-Gaer, means "new town under the fort".<ref>{{Cite journal |title= |
The [[Iron Age]] [[hill fort]] at Gaer Fawr (meaning in [[Welsh language|Welsh]], "great fort"), about {{convert|1|mi|km}} south west of Wolvesnewton, is the origin of a second Welsh name for the village, and is one of the largest hill forts in Monmouthshire. That second Welsh name, "Trenewydd Dan-y-Gaer, means "new town under the fort".<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Language and Literature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UH1nAAAAMAAJ |date=26 March 1964|publisher=University of Wales Press |journal=The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies |author=H. Milford|via=Google Books|page=123}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2fBVAAAAYAAJ|title=A History of Monmouthshire: From the Coming of the Normans Into Wales Down to the Present Time|first=Sir Joseph Alfred|last=Bradney |author-link=Joseph Bradney |date=26 March 1992|publisher=Academy Books|via=Google Books|page=236|isbn=9781873361160}}</ref> |
||
==Model Farm and Craft Museum== |
==Model Farm and Craft Museum== |
||
From the 1970s to 1996 the village was the home of the Model Farm Folk Museum and Craft Centre. This was arranged around an actual model farm built for the [[Duke of Beaufort]], with a farmhouse, roundhouse and mill. It was built in 1780,<ref name="SLHS_Bldgs">{{cite web |title=Some of the area's historic buildings |url=http://shirenewtonlocalhistorysociety.co.uk/index.php/places/ |website |
From the 1970s to 1996 the village was the home of the Model Farm Folk Museum and Craft Centre. This was arranged around an actual model farm built for the [[Duke of Beaufort]], with a farmhouse, roundhouse and mill. It was built in 1780,<ref name="SLHS_Bldgs">{{cite web |title=Some of the area's historic buildings |url=http://shirenewtonlocalhistorysociety.co.uk/index.php/places/ |website=Shirenewton Local History Society |accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref> but not fully mapped until after 1841. It was sold by the Beauforts to the then owners of a major local house, [[Tredean House, Devauden|Tredean]], in 1900, and later sold on to the owner of another major local property, [[Itton Court]].<ref name="ModelFarm">{{cite web |title=Model Farm, Devauden |url=https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300023983-model-farm-farmhouse-devauden#.Xn0bwnduKUl |website=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=26 March 2020}}</ref> After the museum closure, it was converted into housing.<ref name="SLHS_Bldgs"/> |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
* {{oscoor gbx|ST454997}} |
* {{oscoor gbx|ST454997}} |
||
{{ |
{{Coord|51.69338|-2.79133|type:landmark_region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ST454997)|display=title}} |
||
{{Monmouthshire}} |
{{Monmouthshire}} |
||
{{ |
{{Authority control}} |
||
[[Category:Villages in Monmouthshire]] |
[[Category:Villages in Monmouthshire]] |
||
Latest revision as of 18:05, 21 October 2024
Wolvesnewton (Welsh: Llanwynell)[1] is a small village in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Location
[edit]Wolvesnewton, sometimes historically Wolves Newton, is in the community of Devauden, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales,[2] 6 miles (9.7 km) north west of Chepstow, and between the villages of Devauden and Llangwm.[2] It lies in the traditional Upper Division of the Hundred of Raglan.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The village and civil parish took their English name from the family of Lupus (Wolf) or Lovel, who were lords of the manor in the 13th and 14th century.[4]
The official Welsh name, Llanwynell, also found on many maps, is derived from the name of the reputed Saint Gwynell, noted by Lewys Dynn as "Syr Vwniel L. of(f) Wolffs Newton(,) Knight. He accepted the Christian Faith año 188, and erected a church at his own expense." In a list of Welsh parishes circa 1556, and in other later lists, Gwynell is given the parish of Llanwynell or Llanwnell.[5]
History
[edit]In the 13th and 14th centuries, the area was held as a manor by the Lupus / Wolff / Lovel family, with their manor house at Cwrt-y-gaer. According to family tradition, they originated in Thuringia and came to the area with the Romans.[4] The village is located to the north of Wentwood, which in Norman times covered a larger area than today.[6] Forest clearances under the Normans led to the establishment of several other "new" villages in the area around the same time, such as Shirenewton about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south.[7]
Church of St Thomas à Becket
[edit]The parish church is dedicated to St Thomas à Becket who had been killed in 1170 and was canonised three years later. The church largely dates from the 13th century but was substantially restored in 1855–57. It has a 16th-century "saddle-back" roof, and three bells. The north side of the churchyard is locally called the "devil's side" and has no graves.[8] The war memorial in the churchyard incorporates part of a large mediaeval stone cross.[9]
Gaer Fawr hill fort
[edit]The Iron Age hill fort at Gaer Fawr (meaning in Welsh, "great fort"), about 1 mile (1.6 km) south west of Wolvesnewton, is the origin of a second Welsh name for the village, and is one of the largest hill forts in Monmouthshire. That second Welsh name, "Trenewydd Dan-y-Gaer, means "new town under the fort".[10][11]
Model Farm and Craft Museum
[edit]From the 1970s to 1996 the village was the home of the Model Farm Folk Museum and Craft Centre. This was arranged around an actual model farm built for the Duke of Beaufort, with a farmhouse, roundhouse and mill. It was built in 1780,[8] but not fully mapped until after 1841. It was sold by the Beauforts to the then owners of a major local house, Tredean, in 1900, and later sold on to the owner of another major local property, Itton Court.[12] After the museum closure, it was converted into housing.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "List of Standardised Welsh Place-names - Llanwynell (Wolvesnewton)". Welsh Language Commissioner. Government of Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Maps - focus at Devauden Community and above". Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy (official site). Monmouthshire County Council. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Brayley, Edward W. (1810). The Beauties of England and Wales, Or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County (vol. 11). London: Thomas Malden. p. 149.
- ^ a b Joseph Bradney (1913). "Hundred of Raglan". A History of Monmouthshire (vol. 2, part 2) (1st ed.). London.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine; Fisher, John (1911). The Lives of the British Saints (vol. III). London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. pp. 229–230.
- ^ Mitchell, Julian (1987). Morgan, Kenneth O. (ed.). "The Wentwood Case". The Welsh History Review. 14 (1). Cardiff: University of Wales Press (The History and Law Committee of the Board of Celtic Studies): 25.
- ^ "Shirenewton Church - History". Shirenewton Church. 2003. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ^ a b c "Some of the area's historic buildings". Shirenewton Local History Society. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Newman, John (2000). The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire. Pevsner Architectural Guides. ISBN 0-14-071053-1.
- ^ H. Milford (26 March 1964). "Language and Literature". The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies. University of Wales Press: 123 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bradney, Sir Joseph Alfred (26 March 1992). A History of Monmouthshire: From the Coming of the Normans Into Wales Down to the Present Time. Academy Books. p. 236. ISBN 9781873361160 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Model Farm, Devauden". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- Photos of Wolvesnewton and surrounding area on geograph
- Map sources for Wolvesnewton
51°41′36″N 2°47′29″W / 51.69338°N 2.79133°W
