Bettws Newydd, Monmouthshire

Description
Bettws-Newydd, a parish in Monmouthshire, near the river Usk, 2 miles E of Nantyderry station on the G.W.R., and 4 N by W of Usk. It has a post office under Newport; money order and telegraph office, Usk. Acreage, 1129; population, 102. The Duke of Beaufort is lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Trostrey, in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £125. The church, which is an ancient Gothic building, has been restored, and contains a beautiful rood-loft of black oak. There are some magnificent yew trees in the churchyard.