Undy
Undy
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  Undy Location within Monmouthshire | |
| Community | |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CALDICOT |
| Postcode district | NP26 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Undy (
Caldicot and 10 miles (16 km) east of Newport, close to the junction of the M4 and M48 motorways, and adjoins the Caldicot Levels on the north bank of the Bristol Channel
.
History
The area was first settled in
Roman times. In 1996 a stone coffin dating from the 3rd or 4th century was found during building work, containing the skeleton of a young woman.[1]
The village name is of uncertain origin. Previous spellings include Wondy, as noted by
St. Mary contains a 13th-century west window and font, and an archway and porch from the same period or slightly later.[4] It was substantially rebuilt around 1880.[5]
The village underwent major expansion in the late 20th century, following the development of nearby Caldicot and Magor as suburban housing areas for those working in Newport, Cardiff and Bristol.
Amenities
Undy (along with Magor) supports a village community with a church and an athletic club to the eastern side of the village. It has a clubhouse and dedicated pitches alongside the railway line and is the focal point for many sporting and social activities
Railway
The
sleepers and a footbridge. From 1941 the main line was doubled to four running lines, with the outer two lines as slow goods-only lines to serve the increasing wartime coal traffic, without delaying fast trains on the central main lines.[7] The main lines also included a pair of water troughs and their large supply tank.[8] Although these troughs were removed by the end of steam services in the 1960s, their location is still used to water the occasional steam-hauled special services
on this line.
References
- ^ Roman age burial at Undy
- ^ Undy in Camden's Britain
- ^ Also spelled 'Wondy' in Herman Moll's county map of Monmouthshire, c.1724
- ISBN 0-14-071053-1
- ^ Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire: The Hundred of Caldicot, 1933
- ISBN 1-874103-76-3.
- ^ Hodge, South Wales Main Line & 2, p. 35
- ^ Hodge, South Wales Main Line & 2, p. 31