Note 49b — Chapter IV · THE JOURNEY BY COED GRONO AND ABERGEVENNI

Leland divides this district into Low, Middle, and High Venteland, extending from Chepstow to Newport on one side, and to Abergavenny on the other; the latter of which, he says, “maketh the cumpace of Hye Venteland.” He adds, “The soyle of al Venteland is of a darke reddische yerth ful of slaty stones, and other greater of the same color. The countrey is also sumwhat montayneus, and welle replenishid with woodes, also very fertyle of corne, but men there study more to pastures, the which be well inclosed.”—Leland, Itin. tom. v. p. 6. Ancient Gwentland is now comprised within the county of Monmouth.