Everything about Shirenewton totally explained
Shirenewton is a small
village in
Monmouthshire, south east
Wales in the
UK.
Location
Shirenewton is three miles due west of
Chepstow, 5 miles (8km) by road. The village stands around 500 feet (154 m) above sea level, and has views of the
Severn Estuary and the
Bristol Channel.
History & Amenities
The name Shirenewton has had several variations over the years, such as Sheref Newton, Neweton Nether Went, and Nova Villa.
The present name derives from the creation of the village in a forest clearing by the
Sheriff of
Gloucester,
Walter Fitzherbert, around AD
1100. It means "Sheriff's New Tun". Tun is the old word for a homestead.
There has recently been some controversy over the
Welsh language name for the village, but this has been confirmed by the Place Names Standardisation Committee of the
Welsh Language Board to be
Drenewydd Gelli-farch, which is normally translated to "new settlement at the stallion's grove". Although, one of the roads leading in to Shirenewton still has the translation as 'Trenewydd Gelli Fach'.
The
1892 Chepstow Directory has an entry for Shirenewton, showing that it had a population of around 650 people at that time. The current population is unknown, but the number of houses in the village has increased markedly in recent years. Many attempts have been made to extend the village, to add small housing estates, but most have come up short due to the village boundaries, and the desire of the locals to keep the village as it is.
Shirenewton, although relatively small, has a collection of four
pubs:
Until recently it sported a small village shop (Spar) which closed in January
2007 and is currently for sale. This took the place of the original 5 Bells shop which shut in the early
1990s, and Ostlers Garage and Shop which closed in the late 1990s. Shirenewton also sported a small village
Post Office that unfortunately shut down several years ago. The village also has a modern
primary school called
Shirenewton Primary that was built in
1985. This lies between the villages of Shirenewton and Mynddbach, and is situated in large open playing fields. The school hosts eight classes, four infant classes, and four junior.
Until recently Shirenewton had a large
golf course, which closed down on the
31 May 2005. This has now been turned into luxury houses. The golf course is now being kept as a conservation area. The golf course also houses the abandoned village of Dinham, which also had a small
castle, all now left in unrecognisable ruins.
The village of Shirenewton proves itself as an ideal place to live, as it has easy links to the
M48 motorway at Chepstow, making access to
Newport and
Cardiff quick and easy.
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