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Ifftwn / Ifton

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"IFTON, a parish in the hundred of Caldicott, county Monmouth, 6 miles S.W. of Chepstow. There is no village, only a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory united with the rectory of Rogiett, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church has long been in ruins." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)

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Bibliography

  • Hopkins, Anthony     An Early Gwent Charter            Gwent Local History vol 85 1998     Welsh Journals Online   
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Churches

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Church History

Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 1, South Wales. Ed. by   I.G   Jones, & D. Williams. UWP,  Cardiff, 1976. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.  Check with  Gwent RO to see what extant records are held, and possible names of chapels/churches built after 1851.

Ifton Parish; Statistics; Area 2155 acres; Population 22 males, 12 females, total 34

  • No entry for the Parish Church - said to be misplaced owing to confusion with Itton parish - although Lewis 1848 says Ifton church had been demolished anyway.
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    Church Records

    See the Monmouthshire county page for links to online records

    • The Parish Registers of Wales (NLW, 1986) states that there are no visible remains of a church at Ifftwn / Ifton, and whilst the parish has long been associated with Roggiet, no separate records survive.
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    Description & Travel

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    Gazetteers

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    Maps

    • Family Search have an interactive map called "England and Wales Jurisdictions 1851" showing parish (and other) boundaries with optional background maps such as Ordnance Survey. There is also a Search facility, do read the guidance notes to get maximum benefit from this useful resource. See here for further background information to assist in the interpretation of this data
    • Kain, R.J.P., Oliver, R.R., Historic Parishes of England and Wales: an Electronic Map of Boundaries before 1850 with a Gazetteer and Metadata [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: History Data Service, UK Data Archive [distributor], 17 May 2001. SN: 4348.  Here is a gazetteer/finding aid plus a set of overview maps to accurately identify the position of parishes within the county.

    You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST464881 (Lat/Lon: 51.589015, -2.775507), Ifftwn / Ifton which are provided by: