Coed-y-paen

Coed-y-paen

Christchurch
Coed-y-paen
Coed-y-paen shown within Monmouthshire
OS grid reference ST 33480 98677
Principal area
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PONTYPOOL
Postcode district NP4
Dialling code 01291
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament
Welsh Assembly

Coed-y-paen is a village in South Wales, situated at the south-eastern end of Llandegfedd Reservoir, 2.5 miles (4 km) north-west of Llangybi.[1] The village is home to HM Prison Prescoed, a Category D prison.[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]

References

  1. Bartholomew, John George (1904). The survey gazetteer of the British Isles, topographical, statistical, and commercial. G. Newnes Ltd. p. 176. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  2. "Usk/Prescoed (Prescoed) Prison information". justice.gov.uk. Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. "About Carpenters Arms Pontypool". thecarpenterscoedypaen.co.uk. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Christchurch Coed-y-Paen". uskgroupofparishes.org.uk. Usk Group of Parishes. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
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