Marshfield, Monmouthshire

Description
Marshfield, a village and a parish in Monmouthshire. The villiige stands near the rivers Usk, Ebbw, and Rhymney,. 5 miles SW of Newpoit, and has a station on the South Wales branch of the G.W. B., and a post office under Cardiff;. money order and telegraph office, Castleton. The parish includes Blacktown and Castleton, and comprises 1273 acres; population, 564. Castleton, Craig-yr-Haul, Bryn Ivor Hall,-and Llwynarthan are the chief residences. The living is a. vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £260. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is partly Norman and Early English, and has been restored. There are Baptist, Wesleyan, and Calvinistic Methodist chapels.