RISCA, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of WENTLLOOG, county of MONMOUTH, 5 miles (N. W. by W.) from Newport, containing 358 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff, endowed with £ 800 royal bounty, and £1200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Bassaleg. The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.