BEDWELTY, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of WENTLLOOG, county of MONMOUTH, 16
miles (N. W.) from Newport, comprising the hamlets
of Ishlawreoed, Mamhole, and Ushlawreoed, and containing
6382 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff,
endowed with £600 royal bounty, and £1600 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Llandaff.. The church, dedicated to St. Sannan, is of
early English architecture; and the churchyard, which
commands extensive and variegated prospects, is sur-r
rounded with some trifling remains of an intrenchment.