WOOLLOS (ST.), a parish in the upper division
of the hundred of WENTLLOOG, county of MONMOUTH,
adjacent to the western side of the town of Newport,
containing, with that town, 951 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and
diocese of Llandaff, rated in the king's books at
£7. 3. 11., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Gloucester. The church has lately received an addition
of one hundred and seventy free sittings, the Incorporated
Society for the enlargement of churches and
chapels having granted £170 towards defraying the
expense. There is a place of worship for Independents.