CALDICOT, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of CALDICOTT, county of MONMOUTH, 6 miles
(S. W.) from Chepstow, containing 498 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Llandaff, rated in the king's books at.
£6. 0. 7., endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in
the patronage of Charles Kemys Tynte, Esq. There is
a place of worship forWesleyan Methodists. In l680>
Catherine Kemys gave a small rent-charge for teaching
poor children. In this parish are the remains of a,
castle that formerly belonged to the constable of
England, and was held by the service of that office. The
walls are iu good preservation; they are of a square
form, with, round towers at the different angles: the
principal entrance is under a lofty gate of smooth stone.
Caldicot Level, commonly called the Moors, was formerly
subject to continual inundations.; but the greater
part having been drained, it is now in a state of high
cultivation, and forms a rich grazing district; this
work was performed by the monks of a religious house
in the vicinity.