The common land is inclosed and cultivated. The Society of Friends opened a burying ground here in 1700, and the present Wesleyan chapel was built by them.
There is a chapel for Calvinistic Methodists at Gaerlwydd and Wesleyan and Bible Christian chapels at Earlswood and one for Wesleyans in the village. The living is a rectory, net yearly income £240, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff, and held since 1891 by the Rev.
The tower is a good example of the peculiar fortified church towers of this district, and from the elevated situation of the church is a conspicuous object for many miles round: there is one modern stained window: the church affords 200 sittings. The church of St Thomas a Becket is an ancient building of stone, founded by Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford, about the middle of the 13th century, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle (added in 1853), and a massive tower, placed at the intersection of the nave and chancel, and containing 5 bells, all cast by William Evans, of Chepstow, in 1756. This was anciently a detached portion of the lordship of Caldicot, and the eastern part of the parish is still included in the manor of Caldicot-cum-Newton. The old Welsh name of this parish (which appears to have been but seldom used) was Tre-newydd-gelli-fach. SHIRE NEWTON is a parish, seated on a hill, 535 feet above the sea, and is 4½ miles north from Portskewett and 4½ miles south-west from Chepstow railway stations on the Great Western railway, in the Southern division of the county, Caldicot hundred, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Chepstow, rural deanery of Chepstow, archdeaconry of Monmouth, and diocese of Llandaff. Post Office to represent Money Order Office and Savings Bank. Every place in Monmouthshire, and every parish will again be found to be included in the book. The proprietors trust that the present Edition of Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire may be found at least equal in accuracy to the previous ones. KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE 1901 - SHIRENEWTON
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