NEWTON (WELCH), a parish in the lower division
of the hundred of WORMELOW, county of HEREFORD,
4 miles (N. by W.) from Monmouth, containing
220 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the
king's books at £4. 10., endowed with £800 royal
bounty, and in the patronage of W. H. Jenkins, Esq.
The church is dedicated to St. Mary.