CHAPEL-HILL, a parish in the upper division of
the hundred of RAGLAND, county of MONMOUTH, 4%
miles (N.) from Chepstow, containing 464 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Llandaff, endowed with £800 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of the Duke of Beaufort.
Within this parish stood the stately abbey of Tinternc,
founded by Walter de Clare, in 1141, for Cistercian
monks, and dedicated to St. Mary: its revenue, at the
time of the dissolution, was estimated at £256. 11. 6.
The ruins present a picturesque object on the margin of
the river Wye, in a district abounding with fine scenery;
they consist of nearly the entire walls of the splendid
church, in a style forming a transition from the early
English to the decorated, and are remarkable for
harmony of design and delicacy of execution.