PENROSE, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of RAGLAND, county of MONMOUTH, 1 miles
(N.) from Ragland, containing 385 inhabitants. The
living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of
Lantillio-Grossenny, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Llandaff. The church is dedicated to St. Cadocus. There
is a place of worship for Baptists.