Shirenewton

Shirenewton

infobox UK place
country = Wales
welsh_name=Drenewydd Gelli-farch
constituency_welsh_assembly=Monmouth
map_type=
official_name= Shirenewton
unitary_wales= Monmouthshire
lieutenancy_wales= Gwent
constituency_westminster= Monmouth
post_town= CHEPSTOW
postcode_district = NP16
postcode_area= NP
dial_code= 01291
os_grid_reference= ST478936
population= n/a

Shirenewton ( _cy. Drenewydd Gelli-farch) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales in the UK.

Location

Shirenewton is three miles due west of Chepstow, 5 miles (8km) by road. The village stands around 500 feet (154 m) above sea level, and has views of the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel.

History & Amenities

The name Shirenewton has had several variations over the years, such as Sheref Newton, Neweton Nether Went, and Nova Villa.

The present name derives from the creation of the village in a forest clearing by the Sheriff of Gloucester, Walter de Gloucester, around AD 1100. It means "Sheriff's New Tun". Tun is the old word for a homestead.

There has recently been some controversy over the Welsh language name for the village, but this has been confirmed by the Place Names Standardisation Committee of the Welsh Language Board to be "Drenewydd Gelli-farch", which is normally translated to "new settlement at the stallion's grove". Although, one of the roads leading in to Shirenewton still has the Welsh name as 'Trenewydd Gelli Farch'.

The 1892 "Chepstow Directory" has an entry for Shirenewton, showing that it had a population of around 650 people at that time. The current population is unknown, but the number of houses in the village has increased markedly in recent years. Many attempts have been made to extend the village, to add small housing estates, but most have come up short due to the village boundaries, and the desire of the locals to keep the village as it is.

Shirenewton, although relatively small, has a collection of four pubs:
*The Tan House [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/300784]
*The Carpenters Arms [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/301145]
*The Tredegar Arms [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/300778]
*The Huntsman Hotel [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/301150]

Until recently it sported a small village shop (SPAR) which closed in January 2007 and is currently for sale. This took the place of the original 5 Bells shop which shut in the early 1990s, and Ostlers Garage and Shop which closed in the late 1990s. Shirenewton also sported a small village Post Office that unfortunately shut down several years ago. The village also has a modern primary school called Shirenewton Primary that was built in 1985. This lies between the villages of Shirenewton and Mynddbach, and is situated in large open playing fields. The school hosts eight classes, four infant classes, and four junior.

Until recently Shirenewton had a large golf course, which closed down on the 31 May 2005. This has now been turned into luxury houses. The golf course is now being kept as a conservation area. The golf course also houses the abandoned village of Dinham, which also had a small castle, all now left in unrecognisable ruins.

“The Grondra”, also located in the village, is considered to be one of the finest 18th century country houses in Gwent. The owner was recently fined £40,000, however, after major structural changes were carried out without local authority consent. It is estimated that remedial work, to return the Grade II listed building to its former condition, will cost more than £450,000. [ [http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/swanews/3644533.Footballers__Wives_house_fine Footballers' Wives house fine – South Wales Argus] ]

The village of Shirenewton proves itself as an ideal place to live, as it has easy links to the M48 motorway at Chepstow, making access to Newport and Cardiff quick and easy.

External links

* [http://www.shirenewton.org Shirenewton's Official Website]
* [http://www.shirenewtonprimary.ik.org/ Shirenewton School's Website]
* [http://www.shirenewton-history.co.uk Shirenewton Local History Society website]
* [http://www.roughwood.net/ChurchAlbum/Monmouthshire/Shirenewton/ShirenewtonStThomas2004.htm St. Thomas A Becket church] [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/156659]
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~familyalbum/ksnewton.htm Kelly's 1901 Directory of Monmouthshire on Shirenewton]


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