Tredunnock
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  Tredunnock Location withinMonmouthshire | |
| Population | 100 |
| OS grid reference | ST379948 |
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| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | USK |
| Postcode district | NP15 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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Tredunnock (Welsh:Tredynog) is a small village inMonmouthshire, south eastWales, in theUnited Kingdom. Tredunnock is located four miles (6.4 km) northeast ofCaerleon and four miles south ofUsk.
TheRiver Usk passes close by just below the village in the Vale of Usk and across the river lies theWentwoodescarpment. The town is located 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast ofCaerleon and four miles south ofUsk, on a minor road to the west of theA449 road fromNewport toMonmouth.[1]
Writing in theImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales in 1870 to 1872, the historianJohn Marius Wilson described the village thus: "Tredunnock, a parish in Newport district, Monmouth; 4¼ miles S ofUsk r. station. Post town, Llan-gibby, under Newport, Monmouth. Acres, 1,393. Real property, £1,606. Pop., 164. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £208. Patron, H. Leigh, Esq. The church is good."[2]
Theparish church of St Andrew, which has a 14th-century tower, contains aRoman tablet dedicated to a soldier of the Second Augustan Legion, theLegio II Augusta, by his wife. The graveyard contains the tomb of Isabella Gell, wife of Rev John Philip Gell and only daughter ofSir John Franklin pioneer of theNorthwest Passage.[3]
In the early 19th century, at the time ofWilliam Coxe's visit to the area, there was a forge atTrostrey, nearKemeys Commander, from whichbar iron was sent by road to "Tredunnock bridge" for conveyance down river toNewport and onward for export toBristol.[4]