Redwick () is a small village and

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to the south east of the

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, in

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, United Kingdom. It lies within the Newport city boundaries, in the historic county of

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and the

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. In 2011 the population was 206.

Location

Redwick is located on the

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, about south east of the

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of Newport and some south west of Caldicot,

on the flat coastal lands reclaimed from the

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and

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. The village of Magor lies about to the north east.

The Church

The ancient

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of St. Thomas is a Grade I

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. An earlier dedication, when it belonged to

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, appears to have been to St. Michael. It is held with Magor. The building has some unusual features: It is unusually large for a parish church on the

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, with only the church at

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being of comparable size; it has a full-immersion baptistry, unique

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stone carvings and a fine

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salvaged from two previous churches. On the south porch is a distinctive "scratch post" or "Mass sundial" and (like the church at nearby

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) it has a mark indicating the flood level of the water inundation caused by the Bristol Channel flood, 1607. The

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originates from the 13th century and may have been an original feature. Its embattled and pinnacled central tower contain six bells, the fourth and fifth of which are pre-

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bells from the

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foundry, dated circa 1350–80, making them some of the oldest church bells working anywhere in the country. Following their lowering in the tower in the 1990s, the bells are rung from the

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in full view of the congregation, although a number of old unused rope bosses suggest that this must have also been the case at some time in the past. The newest bell is the treble (lightest bell) which was added in celebration of

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's 40 years on the throne. The East window, which contains some painted glass from about 1870, escaped the nearby German

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bomb blast of 1942, unlike the roof and the other windows. The 1875 restoration and re-modelling of the church, including the raised tiled floor, was by John Norton, who was later involved in the design of the chapel at

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Notable features

The village

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is the Rose Inn, a free house situated on South Row. In May 2011, after a four-year wait, a grant of £316,323 from the

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was confirmed, alongside £200,000 from the

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, for the replacement of the existing 60-year-old Village Hall. Mead Farm Foods is based at Mead Farm, run by sixth-generation farmers Lawrence and Izabela Hembrow.

History

The church registers, which date from 1787, record that the last man to be

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for stealing sheep in Monmouthshire was charged before local

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assembled at The Great House in the village. Salem

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Chapel was erected in 1832. By 1851, when the minister was Thomas Leonard, morning attendance was 21, with 13 scholars, and evening attendance was 68. In 1994 the building was converted into a private residence.

Government

The area is in the

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and governed by the

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. Redwick also has its own

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References

External links

Redwick Community Council
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