MICHAELSTON-LE-VEDW, a parish, in the union of NEWPORT, partly in the hundred of CAERPHILLY, county of GLAMORGAN, SOUTH
WALES, and partly in the Upper Division of the hundred of WENTLOOG, county of MONMOUTH, ENGLAND, 6 miles (W. s. W.)
from Newport; containing 540 inhabitants, of whom 337 are in the Welsh portion, consisting of the hamlet of Llanvedw. The
parish, situated in the most eastern part of Glamorgan, is surrounded by those of Machen, Bassaleg, Marshfield, St.
Mellon's, Llanedarn, and Ruddry; and is intersected by the river Rumney, which separates England from Wales. It contains
3556 acres, whereof 1014 are arable, 1124 meadow or pasture, 400 woodland, and the remainder garden ground: the general
surface is mountainous, with a large portion of wood and water, and some fine meadows on the banks of the river; and from
the upper grounds is a view of the Bristol Channel. The soil consists chiefly of clay and gravel, and their combinations
in different degrees, producing the usual kinds of corn; and the high lands present the common descriptions of timber,
such as oak, &c. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 12.; net income. £400, with an excellent
house,sand 20 acres of good grass land attached; patron, C. Kemys Tynte, Eeq The church is a plain structure in the early
English style, 55 feet long by 24 broad, with a chancel 24 feet square, the whole containing about 200 sittings, two-
thirds of which are free. There is a good endowed schooL For a more minute account of the Welsh portion of the parish, see
the article LLANVEDW.