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Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire is an historic county of Wales. (For more information about the ancient counties of the UK, see the historic counties page and the place types page.)
From The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72):
A maritime county of England; bounded, on the NW, by Breconshire; on the N and the NE, by Herefordshire; on the E, by Gloucestershire; on the S, by the Severn's mouth and the Bristol channel; on the W, by Glamorganshire.
The mining of coal and ironstone, the working of iron, and the export of mineral produce form by far the chief departments of trade...The number of collieries in 1859 was 74. The number of coal miners, at the census of 1861, was 10,701; of iron miners, 2,427; of persons employed in iron manufacture, 8,833.
The county town is Monmouth; the market-towns are Monmouth, Newport, Usk, Abergavenny, Chepstow, Pontypool, Tredegar, and Caerleon.
Also known as Monmouth.
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| | Cemeteries | Cemeteries in Monmouthshire include Christchurch Cemetery, Panteg Cemetery, St Woolos Cemetery ... View cemeteries
| | Communities | Communities in Monmouthshire include Abercarn, Abergavenny, Abersychan, Abertillery, Bedwas, Blackwood, Blaenavon, Blaina, Caerleon, Caerwent ... View communities
| | Family history & family records | Birth, marriage and death records - nationwide
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| | Parishes | Parishes in Monmouthshire include Abergavenny, Aberystruth, Bassaleg, Bedwas, Bedwellty, Bettws, Bettwsnewydd, Bishton, Blaenavon, Bryngwyn ... View parishes
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