Itton
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 St Deiniol's Church, Itton | |
  Itton Location withinMonmouthshire | |
| Population | 213 |
| OS grid reference | ST493951 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CHEPSTOW |
| Postcode district | NP16 |
| Dialling code | 01291 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
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Itton (Welsh:Llanddinol), is a small village inMonmouthshire, south-eastWales, in thecommunity ofDevauden about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west ofChepstow. The village covers about a 2-mile (3.2 km) radius, with about 70 properties across arural area. The parish also includes the hamlet of Howick.
The church andItton Court, themanor house, are located about 1-mile (1.6 km) from the main housing development atItton Common on the B4293 road between Chepstow and Devauden. Thewoodland between Itton and Devauden isChepstow Park Wood.
TheWelsh language name for the village derives from the dedication of the parishchurch toSt. Deiniol, a 6th-centurybishop. The English name first appears in records in the 13th century, asEdyton,Hedyngton orEdeton.[1]
The parish church building itself is Grade IIlisted building dating in part from the 14th century although it was mostlyrebuilt in 1869.[2] The church stands beside Itton Court, originally a mediaevalfortalice of the Lords ofStriguil or Chepstow.[3] Thefortified manor house was later extended. The eastern front was built for the house's owner, John Jeffries, in the early 18th century. In 1749 the house was bought by John Curre whose family extended it and rebuilt parts, particularly in the late 19th century.[1]
The Curre Hunt was started in 1896 by Sir Edward Curre ofItton Court. He began by buyingfoxhounds from the old Chepstow Hunt and building hunt kennels at Itton. The Curre country covers some 200 square miles (520 km2) between Chepstow andUsk and is bordered on the south by theSevern Estuary with theRiver Wye to the east. The Curre Hunt was well known nationally[citation needed] for their 'All White Pack'. All thefoxhounds were bred to be white, although following the fairly recent amalgamation of the Curre andLlangibby hunts this characteristic has largely faded out; many of the dogs are still white but there are some colouredbeagle-like dogs too.