Dingestow
Dingestow
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  Dingestow Location within Monmouthshire | |
| OS grid reference | SO457102 |
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| Principal area | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Dingestow (pronounced rural Monmouthshire. The River Trothy passes through the village.
History
The village was once the site of a
Sheriff of Herefordshire, when it was attacked by Hywel ap Iorwerth, the Welsh lord of Caerleon, as part of his retaliation for the murder of Seisyll ap Dyfnwal at Abergavenny Castle on Christmas Day in 1175 by William de Braose
. The sheriff himself was killed in the action.
The village has a church, dedicated to Saint Dingad or Dingat.[2] The church was rebuilt in several stages in the nineteenth century.[3] Dingestow Court has been described as "one of the county's major houses."[3] The 17th century gentry house of Treowen, now a venue for conferences and weddings, is located just north-east of the village.
The village was served, from 1857 to 1955, by the Coleford, Monmouth, Usk and Pontypool Railway which had a railway station at Dingestow.[4]
Amenities
The area is popular with campers and caravanners in season and is close to the
public house. Seddon House, in the village, is the base for Gwent Wildlife Trust.[6]
References
- ^ picture "Castle mound at Dingestow" at geograph.org
- ^ Church In Wales, Dingestow Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire, page 212
- ISBN 978-0-85361-692-4
- ^ Monmouthshire Village Halls, Dingestow Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 17 April 2012
- ^ "Gwent Wildlife Trust/ Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Gwent"
External links
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