ARYANS (ST.), a parish partly in the upper division
of the hundred of RAGLAND, but chiefly in the
upper division of the hundred of CALDICOTT, county of
MONMOUTH, 2 miles (N. "W. by N.) from Chepstow,
containing, with the hamlet of Portcassegg, 307 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Llandaff, endowed with £600
royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Duke of Beaufort.
Here are remains of two ancient chapels, dedicated
respectively to St. Kingsmark and St. Lawrence.
The parish is bounded on the north-east by the river
Wye.