The village became the focal point of press attention in 2004 as Mark Roberts had previously bought the Lord of the Manor title and then went to charge villagers excessive fees to cross what had always been used freely as their own land. Matters were raised in parliament and were debated with a reply on the subject from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs acknowledging 'need for reform of the remnants of feudal and manorial law'.[1]
peterstone, wentlooge, welsh, llanbedr, gwynllŵg, small, village, south, west, city, newport, south, wales, welsh, llanbedrlocation, within, newportprincipal, areanewportcountrywalessovereign, stateunited, kingdompost, towncardiffpostcode, districtcf3dialling,. Peterstone or Peterstone Wentlooge Welsh Llanbedr Gwynllŵg is a small village to the south west of the city of Newport South Wales PeterstoneWelsh LlanbedrPeterstoneLocation within NewportPrincipal areaNewportCountryWalesSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCARDIFFPostcode districtCF3Dialling code01633PoliceGwentFireSouth WalesAmbulanceWelshUK ParliamentNewport WestSenedd Cymru Welsh ParliamentNewportList of places UK Wales Newport 51 30 57 N 3 03 23 W 51 51596 N 3 05631 W 51 51596 3 05631Contents 1 Location 2 History and amenities 3 Manor claim 2004 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLocation editPeterstone Wentlooge lies six miles to the west of Newport city centre and 7 miles east of Cardiff city centre It lies in the community parish of Wentloog and electoral ward of Marshfield History and amenities editLike most of the settlements on the Wentlooge Level it lies on land reclaimed from the Bristol Channel 1 Peterstone itself lies right against the sea wall 2 3 and 4 The former parish church St Peter s is now a private house 5 A local pub is the Six Bells 6 Manor claim 2004 editThe village became the focal point of press attention in 2004 as Mark Roberts had previously bought the Lord of the Manor title and then went to charge villagers excessive fees to cross what had always been used freely as their own land Matters were raised in parliament and were debated with a reply on the subject from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs acknowledging need for reform of the remnants of feudal and manorial law 1 See also editPeterstone GoutReferences edit Hansard 3 Feb 2004 Column 204WH 3 Feb 2004 Column 205WHExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peterstone grid reference ST268802 nbsp This Newport location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peterstone amp oldid 1157443050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
