Monmouthshire

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Monmouthshire in Britain

Monmouthshire is a county in Wales in the west of Great Britain. From the end of the Middle Ages until the year 1974, Monmouthshire was a part of England for some purposes and a part of Wales for others. Then, in 1972, the Parliament decided that it was going to be in Wales from 1974 onwards.

The chief town in the area is Newport. Other important towns are Cwmbran, where the county council meets, Monmouth, the county town and Abergavenny.

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Monmouthshire Media

Hillfort on the summit of Skirrid Fawr
Four Seasons mosaic from a domus at Venta Silurum
Chepstow Castle – stronghold of the Lords of Striguil and "the glory of medieval south Wales"
Hand-drawn map of Monmouthshire by Christopher Saxton from 1577
John Frost was sentenced to death at Monmouth after the failure of the Newport Rising
HMS Monmouth, November 1914
Modern Mons bedrock geology
David T. C. Davies, MP for Monmouth 2005–2024, was the county's only member of parliament to serve as Secretary of State for Wales
Proportion of Welsh speakers (Wales 2011 census)
Sheep shearing at the Monmouthshire Show: agriculture remains an important employer in the county