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"WHITSON, a parish in the lower division of Caldicott hundred, county Monmouth, 6 miles S.E. of Newport. It is situated near the Bristol Channel. The land is partly in common. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Llandaff value £180, in the alternate patronage of the Chapter of Llandaff and the Provost of Eton College. The church is said to have belonged to Portown, a place now swallowed up by the sea." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
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| St Mary, Whitson (Church in Wales) |
| Bethesda Chapel, Whitson (Independent) |
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. Witson or Whitson Parish; Statistics; Area 1073 acres; Population 43 males, 33 females, total 76
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[Details as published in The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]Whitson, St Mary's Church- records with the Gwent RO Baptisms Marriages Burials 1728-1816 1728-1970 1728-1984 Bishops Transcripts 1725-52, 1754, 1758-1825, 1827-68, 1870, 1872, 1875-80, 1882-9, 1891-2 - records with the NLW
- Whitson - on wikipedia
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- 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.
- Plan of the parish of Whitson in the County of Monmouth - on the People's Collection Wales site
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