DIXTON (NEWTON), a parish in the lower division
of the hundred of SKENFRETH, county of MONMOUTH,
comprising the hamlets of Hadnock-Dixton and Newton-
Dixton, and containing 565 inhabitants, of which
number, 205 are in the hamlet of Newton-Dixton, 1 mile
(N. E.) from Monmouth. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated
in the king's books at £7. 3. 1., and endowed with
£200 royal bounty. Lord Viscount Gage was patron
in 1823. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.