Wilcrick
Wilcrick
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|---|---|
 Wilcrick Hill | |
| Population | 24 (1961 census) |
| OS grid reference | ST409879 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CALDICOT |
| Postcode district | NP26 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Wilcrick(Welsh:Chwilgrug) is a hamlet within the administrative boundary of thecityofNewport,SouthWales,just to the west ofMagorand approximately 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Newportcity centre.It is within thehistoric countyofMonmouthshire.
Etymology
[edit]The name translates from the Welsh as a "bare hill" or "mound".[1]
Archaeology
[edit]Willcrick is located on theB4245 roadto the northwest ofMagor. To the southeast of the village is Wilcrick Hill which has ahillforton its summit,[2]of which only the earthworks remain. Archaeological evidence of a smallIron Agesettlement found preserved under peat at Barland's Farm suggests that the occupiers may have used theCaldicot and Wentloog Levelsto pasture their cattle when conditions permitted, and may have moved into the hillfort when the Levels were too wet to be useable.[3]
Nearby, a nearly complete 3rd centuryRomano-Britishoak boat was found beside a buried stone and timber quay in 1993, during the building of a distribution depot at the nearby Europark. This suggests that much higher water levels prevailed on the Levels at the time.[4][5]
The church
[edit]Theparish churchis dedicated toSt. Mary,with the minister historically being also the minister forLlanmartin.The only ministers not appearing also as ministers there were Peter Ameline, rector of Wilcrick in 1535 and Edmond Jones instituted to Wilcrick on 16 July 1631. After that the names and dates of ministers for both parishes are the same. The church has a bell of 1726 cast by the Evans foundry ofChepstow.[6]
HistorianJ.A. Bradneydescribes the church as comprisingnaveandchancel,with a bell turret at the west end and containing "nothing of interest except an ancientfont".The whole edifice was rebuilt in 1860.[7]
References
[edit]- ^Owen, Hywel Wyn; Morgan, Richard (2007).Dictionary of the Place-Names of Wales.Gomer. p. 101.ISBN978-1-84323-901-7.
- ^Concise Road Atlas: Britain.AA Publishing. 2015. p. 28.ISBN978-0-7495-7743-8.
- ^Martin, Caroline (2001)."Willcrick - Bishton".Hillforts of Gwent: In Search of the Iron Age.Retrieved2 May2016.
- ^"Historic Landscape Characterisation the Gwent Levels".The Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.Retrieved2 May2016.
- ^Newton-Davies, Victoria (2004)."Barland's Farm boat"(PDF).The Newport Ship site.Retrieved2 May2016.
- ^"Rectorial Benefice of Magor St Martin's Church, Llanmartin".The Magor Benefice website.Archivedfrom the original on 16 March 2012.Retrieved2 May2016.
- ^Bradney, J. A.,A History of Monmouthshire from the Coming of the Normans Into Wales Down to the Present Time,Volume 4, Parts 1 and 2 - The Hundred of Caldicot, published 1929 and 1932