CHRISTCHURCH, a parish in the lower division
of the hundred of CALDICOTT, county of MONMOUTH,
2 miles (E. N. E.) from Newport, containing, with the
hamlet of Caertou-ultra-Pontem, 854 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Llandaff, rated in the king's books at
£ 13. 4. 2., and in the patronage of the Provost and Fellows
of Eton College. The church is a large and ele:
gant edifice, occupying an elevated situation. The
petty sessions for the lower division of the hundred are
held here, and also at Magor. The river Usk partly
bounds this parish, in which there is an abundance of
limestone.