Rogiet (English: /ˈrɒɡɪt/; Welsh: Rhosied) is a small village and community (and electoral ward) in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, between Caldicot and Magor, 8 miles (13 km) west of Chepstow and 11 miles (18 km) east of Newport, which covers an area of 847 hectares (3.27 sq mi).

[3] The South Wales Railway, now the Gloucester to Newport line, was opened through Rogiet in 1850, although the nearest station was two miles away, at Portskewett.

[14] The censuses of 1851, 1861 & 1871 show the main employment to be agricultural, with a few working in the limestone quarries at Ifton, but no railway workers.

This was a relatively large pub for such a small village, and operated as an active hotel, mostly serving the farming trade at the cattle market.

[14] Half of this growth, 94 houses, was due to the Severn Tunnel Garden Village Society, constituted in 1924, whose membership was limited to railwaymen.

Many railwaymen still commuted from the other local villages though, and over a thousand worked at Severn Tunnel Junction by the outbreak of World War II.

[14] This was particularly affected by the withdrawal of steam power on the railway in the 1960s, and the resultant reduction in the staff needed at the locomotive sheds.

Many of the older railwaymen retired, encouraged by security of tenancy for the desirable Garden Village housing.

In about 905 there was a dispute between the households of Cyfeilliog, the Bishop of Ergyng and Brochfael ap Meurig, joint king of Gwent.

Cyfeilliog was awarded compensation in gold, but Brochfael was unable to pay in this form and instead paid with land at Llanfihangel.

[22] The current Church of St Michael and All Angels again dates from about the 14th century, with much later rebuilding, and contains medieval tombs.