Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire Historic County Map (source: Wikipedia)

The Crooked Church submitted by Guinevere

Monmouthshire is a county in South East Wales.

Towns: Cwmbran Monmouth Newport Abergavenny

Industry: Agriculture, coal mining, iron and steel

Monmouthshire is in the South/East of Wales. As with all of Wales, it is a county of outstanding natural beauty, with a history marked with castles and sites of interest at every turn. The county has a hilly appearance in the North and culminates in the Sugar Loaf at 1954 ft. The chief rivers are the Wye and Usk; the latter is navigable for large vessels as far as Newport.

There is a canal route through this county that will lead you through some of the most beautiful countryside in Wales and on to England.

A Cattle Market has been held in Abergavenny on its current site since 1863. Before 1863 a sheep market was held at a site in Castle Street between 1825-1863 to stop the sale of sheep on the streets of the town.

Resources

Primary Reference Links

• Gwent Records Office

• Familia Monmouthshire

• Monmouthshire Genweb

• Monmouthshire Parish Records Transcriptions

• OGRE - Gravestone Inscriptions and Memorials

Countywide Interest

• Curious Fox Monmouthshire

• Historic Monmouthshire

• Kelly's Directory Monmouthshire - 1901

• Monmouth Railways

• The Monmouthshire Rebellion and The Surname Lawrence

• The Nelson Museum & Local History Centre

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Crosskeys

• Cwmbran and District's War Dead

• East Gwent Genealogy Research Agency

• Llangattock-Lingoed

• Llangwm Local History Group

• Monmouth Town Market History

• Newport's War Dead

• Newport Wills Index

• Oakdale Village

• St Michael & All Angels, Tintern Parva with The Church Of St Mary Chapel Hill

Maps and Photographs

• Newport Historical Photographs and Titles

Register Offices

Monmouth Coed-glas
Firs Road,
Abergavenny,
NP7 5LE
Tel:01873 735435
E-mail: monro@monmouthshire.gov.uk

Newport
Gwent
8 Gold Tops
Newport,
NP20 4PH
Tel:01633 265547
Fax: 01633 220913

Blaenau Gwent
The Grove,
Church Street,
Tredegar,
NP22 3DS.
Tel: 01495 722305
E-mail : sue.mitchell@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

Pontypool
Hanbury Road
Pontypool
Torfaen
NP4 6YG
Tel No: 01495 762937
Fax No: 01495 769049
Email: registrars@torfaen.gov.uk

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

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• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

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