Wentloog (hundred)

The cantref or hundred of Wentloog is a division of the traditional county of Monmouthshire. It is situated in the western part of the county, and is bounded on the north by Brecknockshire; on the east by the hundreds of Abergavenny, Usk and Caldicot; on the south by the Bristol Channel, and on the west by Glamorganshire. The proper Welsh name for the region is Gwynllwg.

It contains the following ancient parishes:
*Aberystruth
*Bassaleg: consisting of Duffryn township, Graig hamlet and Rogerstone township
*Bedwas
*Bettws
*Coedkernew
*Henllys
*Llanfihangel Llantarnam
*Llanhilleth
*Machen
*Malpas
*Marshfield
*Michaelston y vedw
*Mynyddislwyn
*Newport
*Peterstone Wentlooge
*Risca
*Rumney
*St. Brides Wentlooge
*St. Mellons
*St. Woolos

See also

*Wentloog community (parish)
*Gwynllwg

External links

*Wentloog Hundred on a Vision of Britiain