Coed-y-paen explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Coed-y-paen
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Monmouth
Official Name:Coed-y-paen
Static Image:Christchurch, Coed-y-paen - geograph.org.uk - 1748219.jpg
Static Image Caption:Christchurch
Coordinates:51.6829°N -2.9635°W
Unitary Wales:Monmouthshire
Constituency Westminster:Monmouth
Post Town:PONTYPOOL
Postcode District:NP4
Postcode Area:NP
Dial Code:01291
Os Grid Reference:ST 33480 98677

Coed-y-paen is a village in South Wales, situated at the south-eastern end of Llandegfedd Reservoir, 2.5mile north-west of Llangybi.[1] HM Prison Prescoed, a Category D prison, is located nearby.[2]

The village has one public house, the Carpenters Arms.[3]

Christchurch

The village church, Christchurch, was designed in 1848 by architect Sir Matthew Digby-Wyatt.[4]

The church was built as a chapel of ease to the parish church of Llangybi. It was conveyed to the Church in Wales in 1861. A fine Victorian church of the Early English style, it comprises a nave and chancel and a western tower of three floors. It has a single bell.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Bartholomew. John George. The survey gazetteer of the British Isles, topographical, statistical, and commercial. 1904. G. Newnes Ltd. 176. 24 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Usk/Prescoed (Prescoed) Prison information. justice.gov.uk. Ministry of Justice. 24 November 2014.
  3. Web site: About Carpenters Arms Pontypool. thecarpenterscoedypaen.co.uk. 24 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150418012907/http://www.thecarpenterscoedypaen.co.uk/restaurant-pub-pontypool-about.aspx. 18 April 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Christchurch Coed-y-Paen. uskgroupofparishes.org.uk. Usk Group of Parishes. 24 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129064337/http://www.uskgroupofparishes.org.uk/cyp.html. 29 November 2014. dead.