Skenfrith was an ancient
hundred
100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...
of
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
.
It contained the following ancient parishes:
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Grosmont
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Llantilio Crossenny
Llantilio Crossenny () is a small village and much larger former community, abolished in 2022, now in the community of Whitecastle, in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, in the United Kingdom. Part of the old community is now part of Skenfrith co ...
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Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel () is a rural parish and former community (Wales), community, now in the communities of Whitecastle (community), Whitecastle and Skenfrith in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, in the United Kingdom. It is located west of M ...
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Monmouth
Monmouth ( or ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. The population in the 2011 census was 10,508, rising from 8 ...
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Rockfield
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Skenfrith
Skenfrith () is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. It is located on the River Monnow, close to the border between Wales and England, about north-west of Monmouth.
History and amenities
The Welsh placename ''Ynysgynwraidd'', ...
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St. Maughans
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Wonastow
Wonastow () is a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It is located south west of Monmouth.
History and amenities
Wonastow has a twelfth-century church dedicated to St. Wonnow or Saint Winwaloe, believed to have been built on a seven ...
The
exclave
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of
Welsh Bicknor
Welsh Bicknor () is an area in the far south of the English county of Herefordshire. Despite its name, it is not now in Wales, but it was historically a detached parish (exclave) of the county of Monmouthshire. It lies within a loop of the Riv ...
was transferred to
Herefordshire
Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...
in 1844. Other parts of the hundred are now administered by the
local authority
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...
of
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
.
External links
Skenfrith Hundred on a Vision of Britain
{{Monmouthshire hundreds