Crick
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  Crick Location within Monmouthshire | |
| OS grid reference | ST483904 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CALDICOT |
| Postcode district | NP26 |
| Dialling code | 01291 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
Crick (Welsh : Crug) is a small village or hamlet in the Welsh county of Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. It is located on the A48 road 1 mile north of the town of Caldicot and 1 mile east of Caerwent.
The name has the same root as craig or graig in Wales and Carrick (An Charraig) in Ireland, meaning "rock", but possibly refers to the Bronze Age round barrow just west of the village, measuring 31.7m in diameter and the only known bell barrow in Wales. [1] It was excavated in 1940, and found to contain two cremations dating from around 1750-1450 BC. It also contained boulders showing cup marks, which it has been suggested show astronomically significant alignments. [2] There was also evidence of Roman building. [1]
The site of Crick was an important junction on the Roman road sometimes known as the Via Julia which ran from Bath ( Aquae Sulis ) across the Severn estuary to Sudbrook and on to Caerwent ( Venta Silurum ) and Caerleon ( Isca Augusta ), now in Wales. At Crick the route met the roads to Gloucester ( Glevum ) and Monmouth ( Blestium ). [3]
There is also evidence of an early Norman motte and bailey castle at Ballan Moor, 550 metres south of the village, probably built by the Ballon family in the late 11th or early 12th century. [1]
There was a chapel - variously referred to as St. Nuvien, Nyfain or Nyvein after the early Monmouthshire saint mentioned in the Book of Llan Dav [4] - which was converted into a barn in the old manor house of Crick. The barn is now St. Nyvern's Chapel House, part of the 16th-century Old Manor Farm. On the Monmouthshire County Council depot site are the remains of a moated platform, believed to be of the 13th-century manor house of William Derneford, lord of Crick. The 18th-century Crick House, south of the A48, now a care home, was the home of John Lawrence, J.P., lord of Langstone and Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1869. [1]
In July 1645, during the English Civil War, a mediaeval hall at Crick was the site of a key meeting between King Charles, who had been recently defeated at Langport in Somerset, and his nephew and ally Prince Rupert of the Rhine. [5] [6]
David Broome, the former international equestrian show jumper is from the area and runs the David Broome Event Centre at Mount Ballan. [7]
Caldicot is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. The town is located between Chepstow and the city of Newport. The site adjoins the Caldicot Levels, on the north side of the Severn Estuary. The population of the built-up area was around 11,000. It has a large school, Caldicot School, and is known for its medieval castle. The built-up area includes Portskewett. Caldicot had a population of 9,604 in 2011.
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St Pierre is a former parish and hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Chepstow and adjacent to the Severn Estuary. It is now the site of a large golf and country club, the Marriott St Pierre Hotel & Country Club, which was previously a large manor house and deer park belonging to the Lewis family.
Lydart is a dispersed hamlet within the community of Mitchel Troy, Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located about 3 miles (4.8 km) south-west of Monmouth, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Trellech, and 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Mitchel Troy village, on the top of an escarpment which slopes steeply down to the valley of the River Trothy. The B4293 road passes through the area.
Manor Farmhouse, or Crick Manor, Crick, Monmouthshire is a late medieval manor house dating from the 15th century. The buildings comprise a chapel, of 13th century origins, now a separate house, the medieval, stone hall, and a 16th-century wing. The buildings were originally constructed for the Denefords, and extended by their descendants, the Moores. In the 17th century, Nicholas Moore, High Sheriff of Monmouthshire entertained Charles I at the manor. The grouping has been "badly compromised" in later centuries. The house, privately owned and accommodating an archery centre, is Grade II* listed.
