Penalth, a parish in the district and county of Monmouth; on the river Wye, 1 ½ mile SSE of Monmouth r. station. Post town, Monmouth. Acres, 2,284. Real property, £2,656. Pop., 458. Houses, 109. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Trelleck, in the diocese of Llandaff. The church is pretty good. Charities, £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].