Roggiett, Monmouthshire

Description
Roggiett, a parish in Monmouthshire, on the shore of the Bristol Channel, 7 1/2 miles SW by W of Chepstow. It has a station (Severn Tunnel Junction) on the G.W.R., and a post office under Chepstow; money order and telegraph office, Caldicot. Acreage, 1040 of land and 2334 of foreshore; population, 100. A fair for cattle, &c., is held on the first and third Tuesday of every month. The living is a rectory, united with the rectories of Ifton and Llanfihangel Roggiett, in the diocese of Llandaff; net value, £325. Patron, Lord. Tredegar. The church is ancient, and contains a curious old font and the remains of a stair to the rood-loft.