Wonastow
Encyclopedia
Wonastow is a village
in Monmouthshire
, south east Wales
, United Kingdom
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, believed to have been built on a seventh century religious site. Monmouth's Wonastow Road industrial estate is located nearby.
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...
, south east Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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History & Amenities
Wonastow has a twelfth century church http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/204583 dedicated to St. Wonnow or Saint WinwaloeSaint Winwaloe
Saint Winwaloe was the founder and first Abbot of Landévennec Abbey, literally Lann of Venec, or Monastery of Winwaloe...
, believed to have been built on a seventh century religious site. Monmouth's Wonastow Road industrial estate is located nearby.