NEWCHURCH, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of CALDICOTT, county of MONMOUTH, 6 miles
(N. "W. by W.) from Chepstow, containing 562 inhabitants,
of which number, 422 are in the East, and 140 in
the West, division. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff, endowed with
£800 royal bounty, and £ 1400 parliamentary grant, and
in the patronage of the Duke of Beaufort.