Postcode
NP26 3BP

Sunday Services
2nd Sunday – 9.30 – Holy Eucharist

Worship

We gather at St Bridget’s Church on the 2nd Sunday of the month for the Eucharist where we share bread and wine at God’s table, hear from his word, and worship him in song.

Since we only gather monthly we take extra care to make these services special, themeing them around the current church season or a key festival such as Harvest.

Map & Accessibility

Parking – In the field in front of the churchyard.

Churchyard – A grit path slopes gently up towards the building.

Church – There is a small step into the porch and another step up into the building. The pews are on raised platforms. There is space near the back of church for wheelchair users.

Toilets – There are no toilets

History

St Bridget’s church stands alone in fields a hundred metres or so west of the main north to south lane running through the village, a blue sign marks the start of a footpath to the church.

It was traditionally founded by Brochwael, the son of Meurig of Gwent, in the 10th century. It adjoins the site of a deserted medieval village which was abandoned during the plague.

The parish was part of the medieval lordship of Striguil. It is so named to distinguish it from the village of St. Brides Wentloog, to the west of Newport. “Netherwent” is the English name given from the Norman period onwards to the Welsh cantref of Gwent-is-coed (Gwent beneath the wood, i.e. Wentwood), with “-went” deriving from the Roman town of Venta which became Caerwent.

Whilst the current church has 13th or early 14th century origins there is little remaining of that period. Lancet-style windows on the church’s northern face are indicative of that Early English Gothic origin as are the walls of the chancel. Sadly the church met with much misfortune over the centuries, the northern aisle collapsed in 1790 and was followed in 1812 by the southern equivalent. Thus it was almost ruinous in 1848 when a major reconstruction was begun. The bulk of today’s building dates from that Victorian period. There is a small parking area almost opposite the church’s footpath and a track leads across a pasture to the churchyard.