FROM the M4 through to Newport is a collection of villages including Caldicot, Magor, Undy, Sudbrook and Caerwent. Once rural and isolated, these Monmouthshire villages are now popular with commuters. Here's a collection of photographs of them over the years.

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The Mill Pond, Magor

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This is Caldicot shops in 1993

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Manor Nursing Home in Caldicot in 1992

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Caerwent village

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The Moors Hostel in Rogiet in 1982

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Sudbrooke in 1993

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Caldicot Castle Lodge

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Caldicot Castle. Picture: Catherine Mayo

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Concept artwork for The Lave Net Fisherman, in Black Rock, which will form part of a new Living Levels sculpture trail on the Gwent Levels coastline. Picture: Chris Wood/Living Levels

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The home of Black Rock Lave Net Fishermen

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Caerwent