The Hundred of Wentloog is a division of the traditional county of Monmouthshire. It is situated in the western part of the county, and is bounded on the north by Brecknockshire; on the east by the hundreds of Abergavenny, Usk and Caldicot; on the south by the Bristol Channel, and on the west by Glamorganshire. A hundred is an administrative division, frequently used in Europe and New England, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller geographical units. ... Wales has thirteen traditional counties (or vice counties). ... Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is both a principal area and a traditional county in south-east Wales. ... Brecknockshire, also known as Breconshire or, in Welsh, as Sir Frycheiniog is an inland traditional county of Wales, bounded N. by Radnorshire, E. by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, S. by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and W. by Carmarthenshire and Cardiganshire. ... The hundred of Abergavenny is a division of the traditional county of Monmouthshire. ... The hundred of Usk is a division of the traditional county of Monmouthshire. ... The hundred of Caldicot is a division of the traditional county of Monmouthshire. ... The location of the Bristol Channel The Severn Bridge and Bristol Channel, looking northwestward from England towards Wales The Bristol Channel coast at Ilfracombe, North Devon, looking west towards Lee Bay The Bristol Channel is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales from South West... Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ...

It contains the following ancient parishes:

• Aberystruth
• Bassaleg
• Bedwas
• Bettws
• Coedkernew
• Duffryn township
• Graig hamlet
• Henllys
• Llanfihangel Llantarnam
• Llanhilleth
• Machen
• Malpas
• Marshfield
• Michaelston y vedw
• Mynyddislwyn
• Newport
• Peterstone Wentlooge
• Risca
• Rogerstone township
• Rumney
• St. Brides Wentlooge
• St. Mellons
• St. Woolos

Bedwas is a village 2 miles north-east of Caerphilly, south Wales, and situated in the Caerphilly borough. ... Bettws is an electoral district (ward) of the city of Newport, and is the second-largest housing estate in Europe. ... Llantarnam is a suburb of Cwmbran in the county borough of Torfaen, traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales, United Kingdom. ... Machen is a small village 4. ... Malpas is an electoral district (ward) and co-terminous community (parish) of the city of Newport. ... Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is the third largest city in Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea). ... Risca is a small town of approximately 15,000 people in the county borough of Caerphilly, traditional county of Monmouthshire, south Wales, UK. It has a rural aspect, and is surrounded by several extensively-wooded hills including Mynydd Machen (362 m) and Twmbarlwm (419 m). ... Rogerstone is both an electoral district (ward) and community (parish) of the city of Newport. ... Rumney may refer to many different things: People Ralph Rumney (5 June 1934 - 6 March 2002) is an artist in England. ... St Mellons (Welsh: Llaneirwg) is a district of the city of Cardiff, Wales. ...

See also

• Gwynllwg

Gwynllwg was a kingdom of mediæval Wales and later a Norman lordship. ...

External links

• Wentloog Hundred on a Vision of Britiain