Welsh Newton Herefordshire Family History Guide

Welsh Newton an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Herefordshire, created in 1798 from a chapelry in Llanrothal Ancient Parish. Welsh Newton parish was abolished in 1939 with the creation of Welsh Newton and Llanrothal Ecclesiastical Parish.

Alternative names: Newton Welsh, Welsh Mewton

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1758
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Llangarron
• Ganarew
• Whitchurch
• Garway
• Llanrothal
• Dixton Newton
• Monmouth

Welsh Newton Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials. Taken from the original parish registers, these entries may include names, dates, family relationships, residences, occupations and other details noted by the minister, with earlier records naturally offering fewer details.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of baptisms.

Welsh Newton, Herefordshire Baptisms 1685-1895

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of marriages.

Welsh Newton, Herefordshire Marriages 1712-1934

Welsh Newton, St Mary, Herefordshire Marriages 1663-1837

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burials.

Welsh Newton, Herefordshire Burials 1813-1839

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEWTON (Welsh), a parish, with a village, in the district of Monmouth and county of Hereford; adjacent to Monmouthshire, 3½ miles N by W of Monmouth r. station. Post-town, Monmouth. Acres, 1,821. Real property, £1, 785. Pop., 226. Houses, 54. The living.is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £47. Patron, Sir J. Bailey.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Historical Directories

Welsh Newton Cassey Directory of Herefordshire 1858

Welsh Newton is a township, parish, and village, 8 miles south-west from Ross railway station, 3 ½ north from Monmouth, 14 ½ south from Hereford, and 129 from London, in Weolmelow [sic] Hundred, Monmouth Union, Harewood’s End petty sessional division, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on the Hereford and Monmouth road, on the borders of Monmouthshire, and part of the parish is in that county.

The church is a plain old stone building, with small tower, in the Norman style, in good repair; it has nave, porch, chancel, font, and two bells. The living is a rectory, worth £47 yearly; Rev. H. Prosser is the incumbent. There is a chapel for Wesleyans on Newton Common. The population, in 1851, was 248; and the acreage is 1,821. The soil is loamy; the subsoil is clay and rock.

Newton Common, Callow, Pembridge Castle, Great House, Summer House, Mill Farm, Tremahaid, and Gwenherion, are places here.

Letters through Monmouth, which is the nearest money order office.

Miscellaneous

Davis James, stonemason, Newton common

Dyser Charles, Esq., Newton lodge

George Timothy, boot and shoe maker

Palmer John, Red Lion Inn

Palmer John, mason

Silvey James, boot and shoe maker and parish clerk

Powell Edward, Elephant and Castle Inn

Wells John, blacksmith

Williams James, carpenter and shopkeeper

Farmers

Bartrum John

Bills George, Tremahaid

Davis John

Evans Wm., Mill farm

Frances Thomas

Kettle Jonas, Pembridge castle

Lane Henry, Gwenherion

Lock George, Greathouse

Wheeler Mrs. Jane, Callow hill

Wilcox Daniel, Summer house

Source: Edward Cassey & Co.: History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire. Printed by William Bailey, 107, Fishergate 1858.

Historical Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

• County: Herefordshire
• Civil Registration District: Monmouth
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Hereford
• Rural Deanery: Archenfield
• Poor Law Union: Monmouth
• Hundred: Wormelow
• Province: Canterbury