| Monmouthshire is a county in South East 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. Towns: Cwmbran, Monmouth, Newport, Abergavenny. Industry: Agriculture, coal mining, iron and steel |
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Resources
Primary reference
- Gwent Records Office
- Monmouthshire Genweb
- Monmouthshire Parish Records Transcriptions
- OGRE - Gravestone Inscriptions and Memorials
- 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
- Crosskeys
- Cwmbran and District's War Dead
- East Gwent Genealogy Research Agency
- Llangattock-Lingoed
- Llangwm Local History Group
- Newport's War Dead
- Newport Wills Index
- Oakdale Village
- St Michael & All Angels, Tintern Parva with The Church Of St Mary Chapel Hill
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
Please read Research Offers & Requests: Guidelines before requesting a lookup.
A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers section of Site Projects, accessed via the links on the home page.
If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message in the comments box at the bottom of the relevant Research Offer page. The details will be added to the county listing.
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