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Usk

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Usk (Brynbuga) is a small town in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, situated northeast of Newport. [1]

119 relations: A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, Adam of Usk, Aisle, Alfred Russel Wallace, Allt-y-Bela, Altar, Art museum, Aulus Didius Gallus, Baden-Württemberg, BAE Systems, Battle of Pwll Melyn, Borstal, Brass band, Britain in Bloom, Burrium, Caerleon, Cambriae Typus, Castra, Chapter house, Churchyard, Cloister, Common Brittonic, Constable, Convent, Courtroom, Crossing (architecture), Crown Court, David Lewis (Jesuit priest), De Clare, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, Edward II of England, Edward IV of England, English language, Evolution, Flood, Font, Glevum, Gliding, Gloucester, Glyndŵr Rising, Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, Graben-Neudorf, Great Britain, Gwent (county), Gwernesney, Henry IV of England, Henry V of England, Hillock, HM Prison Pentonville, ..., HM Prison Prescoed, HM Prison Usk, Horsehair, Hunger strike, Indulgence, Irish language, Japanning, Jardiniere, John Newman (architectural historian), Legio XX Valeria Victrix, Leprosy, Llanbadoc, Llangybi, Monmouthshire, Magistrates' court (England and Wales), Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda, Market town, Monmouth (Assembly constituency), Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency), Monmouthshire, Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire County Council, National Lottery (United Kingdom), National Roman Legion Museum, Newport Crown Court, Newport, Wales, Normans, Order of Saint Benedict, Owain Glyndŵr, Parish church, Pilgrim, Pontypool, Pontypool japan, Popish Plot, Priory, Priory Gatehouse, Usk, Pub, Queen Victoria, Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, River Usk, ROF Glascoed, Roman Britain, Roman legion, Rood screen, Scottish Gaelic, Sessions House, Usk, Sex offender, Society of Jesus, Son et lumière (show), Sorbus leyana, Suffragette, Tennis, The Royal British Legion, Thomas Henry Wyatt, Titus Oates, Town council, United Kingdom census, 2001, Usk (GWR) railway station, Usk Castle, Usk Hundred, Victorian era, Voluntary association, Wales, Wales in the Roman era, Welsh language, Welsh Marches, Whisky, William Edwards (architect), William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469), Y Lolfa. Expand index (69 more) »

A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme

List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5 (roads beginning with 4).

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Adam of Usk

Adam of Usk (Adda o Frynbuga, c. 1352 – 1430) was a Welsh priest, canonist, and late medieval historian and chronicler.

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Aisle

An aisle is, in general (common), a space for walking with rows of seats on both sides or with rows of seats on one side and a wall on the other.

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Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace (8 January 18237 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist.

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Allt-y-Bela

Allt-y-Bela, Llangwm, Monmouthshire, is a house of late medieval origin with additions from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

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Altar

An altar is any structure upon which offerings such as sacrifices are made for religious purposes, and by extension the 'Holy table' of post-reformation Anglican churches.

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Art museum

An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.

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Aulus Didius Gallus

Aulus Didius Gallus was a Roman general and politician of the 1st century AD.

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Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg is a state in southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the border with France.

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BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational defence, security, and aerospace company.

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Battle of Pwll Melyn

The Battle of Pwll Melyn, also known as the Battle of Usk, was part of the Welsh War of Independence against English rule that lasted from 1400 to 1415.

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Borstal

A borstal was a type of youth detention centre in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.

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Brass band

A brass band is a musical ensemble generally consisting entirely of brass instruments, most often with a percussion section.

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Britain in Bloom

RHS Britain in Bloom is the largest horticultural campaign in the United Kingdom.

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Burrium

Burrium was a legionary fortress in the Roman province of Britannia Superior or Roman Britain.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a suburban town and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales.

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Cambriae Typus

Cambriae Typus, the "model image of Wales", is the earliest published map of Wales as a separate country from the rest of Great Britain.

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Castra

In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (plural castra) was a building, or plot of land, used as a fortified military camp.

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Chapter house

A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room that is part of a cathedral, monastery or collegiate church in which larger meetings are held.

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Churchyard

A churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church, which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself.

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Cloister

A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.

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Common Brittonic

Common Brittonic was an ancient Celtic language spoken in Britain.

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Constable

A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement.

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Convent

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns; or the building used by the community, particularly in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

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Courtroom

A courtroom is the enclosed space in which courts of law are held in front of a judge.

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Crossing (architecture)

A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, is the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church.

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Crown Court

The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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David Lewis (Jesuit priest)

David Lewis (1616 – 27 August 1679) was a Jesuit Catholic priest and martyr who was also known as Charles Baker.

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De Clare

The Clare family of Norman lords were associated with the Welsh Marches, Suffolk, Surrey, Kent (especially Tonbridge) and Ireland.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March

Edmund de Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March and jure uxoris Earl of Ulster (1 February 1352 – 27 December 1381) was son of Roger Mortimer, 2nd Earl of March, by his wife Philippa, daughter of William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury and Catherine Grandison.

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Edward II of England

Edward II (25 April 1284 – 21 September 1327), also called Edward of Carnarvon, was King of England from 1307 until he was deposed in January 1327.

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Edward IV of England

Edward IV (28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was the King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Font

In metal typesetting, a font was a particular size, weight and style of a typeface.

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Glevum

Glevum (or, more formally, Colonia Nervia Glevensium, or occasionally Glouvia) was a Roman fort in Roman Britain that became a "colonia" of retired legionaries in AD 97.

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Gliding

Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne.

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Gloucester

Gloucester is a city and district in Gloucestershire, England, of which it is the county town.

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Glyndŵr Rising

The Glyndŵr Rising, Welsh Revolt or Last War of Independence was an uprising of the Welsh between 1400 and 1415, led by Owain Glyndŵr, against the Kingdom of England.

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Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

The Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria was celebrated on 20 June 1887 on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of her accession on 20 June 1837.

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Graben-Neudorf

Graben-Neudorf is a town in Northern Karlsruhe Country in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Gwent (county)

Gwent is a preserved county and a former local government county in south-east Wales.

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Gwernesney

Gwernesney (Gwernesni) is a village in Monmouthshire in southeast Wales.

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Henry IV of England

Henry IV (15 April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413, and asserted the claim of his grandfather, Edward III, to the Kingdom of France.

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Henry V of England

Henry V (9 August 1386 – 31 August 1422) was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 36 in 1422.

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Hillock

A hillock or knoll is a small hill,, "hillock" entry, retrieved December 18, 2007 usually separated from a larger group of hills such as a range.

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HM Prison Pentonville

HM Prison Pentonville (informally "The Ville") is an English Category B men's prison, operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.

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HM Prison Prescoed

HM Prison Prescoed is a Category D men's open prison, located in Coed-y-paen, three miles from Usk in Monmouthshire, South Wales.

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HM Prison Usk

HM Prison Usk is a Category C men's prison, located in Maryport Street in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Horsehair

Horsehair is the long, coarse hair growing on the manes and tails of horses.

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Hunger strike

A hunger strike is a method of non-violent resistance or pressure in which participants fast as an act of political protest, or to provoke feelings of guilt in others, usually with the objective to achieve a specific goal, such as a policy change.

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Indulgence

In the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, an indulgence (from *dulgeō, "persist") is "a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins." It may reduce the "temporal punishment for sin" after death (as opposed to the eternal punishment merited by mortal sin), in the state or process of purification called Purgatory.

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Irish language

The Irish language (Gaeilge), also referred to as the Gaelic or the Irish Gaelic language, is a Goidelic language (Gaelic) of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people.

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Japanning

Japanning is a type of finish that originated as a European imitation of Asian lacquerwork.

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Jardiniere

Jardinière is a French word, from the feminine form of "gardener".

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John Newman (architectural historian)

John Arthur Newman (born December 1936) is an English architectural historian.

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Legio XX Valeria Victrix

Legio vigesima Valeria Victrix, in English Twentieth Victorious Valeria Legion was a legion of the Imperial Roman army.

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Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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Llanbadoc

Llanbadoc (Llanbadog Fawr) is a village and former civil parish in the ceremonial county of Monmouthshire in Wales.The population of the village at the 2011 census was 806.

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Llangybi, Monmouthshire

Llangybi (also spelled Llangibby) is a community and village in Monmouthshire, in southeast Wales, United Kingdom.

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Magistrates' court (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which holds trials for summary offences and preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

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Margaret Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda

Margaret Haig Mackworth, 2nd Viscountess Rhondda (12 June 1883 – 20 July 1958) was a Welsh peeress, businesswoman, and active suffragette.

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Market town

Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the Middle Ages, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city.

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Monmouth (Assembly constituency)

Monmouth is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales.

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Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Monmouth (Sir Fynwy) is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (at Westminster).

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire, also known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county.

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Monmouthshire County Council

(Monmouth constituency).

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National Lottery (United Kingdom)

The National Lottery is the state-franchised national lottery in the United Kingdom.

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National Roman Legion Museum

The National Roman Legion Museum (Amgueddfa Lleng Rufeinig Cymru) is a museum in Caerleon, near Newport, south-east Wales.

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Newport Crown Court

Newport Crown Court is a Crown Court venue in the city of Newport, South Wales.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a cathedral and university city and unitary authority area in south east Wales.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Order of Saint Benedict

The Order of Saint Benedict (OSB; Latin: Ordo Sancti Benedicti), also known as the Black Monksin reference to the colour of its members' habitsis a Catholic religious order of independent monastic communities that observe the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Owain Glyndŵr

Owain Glyndŵr (c. 1359 – c. 1415), or Owain Glyn Dŵr, was a Welsh ruler and the last native Welshman to hold the title Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) but to many, viewed as an unofficial king.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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Pilgrim

A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) who is on a journey to a holy place.

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Pontypool

Pontypool (Pont-y-pŵl) is a town that is home to approximately 36,000 people in the county borough of Torfaen, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in South Wales.

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Pontypool japan

Pontypool japan is a name given to the process of japanning with the use of an oil varnish and heat which is credited to Thomas Allgood of Pontypool.

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Popish Plot

The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy concocted by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the Kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria.

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Priory

A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress.

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Priory Gatehouse, Usk

The Priory Gatehouse in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a surviving fragment of a Benedictine priory founded around 1135 and dissolved in 1536.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke

Richard FitzGilbert de Clare, The family name ‘de Clare’ was also rendered ‘of Clare’ in contemporary sources.

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River Usk

The River Usk (Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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ROF Glascoed

ROF Glascoed (today BAE Systems Munitions Glascoed) was initially a UK government-owned, Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF).

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain (Britannia or, later, Britanniae, "the Britains") was the area of the island of Great Britain that was governed by the Roman Empire, from 43 to 410 AD.

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Roman legion

A Roman legion (from Latin legio "military levy, conscription", from legere "to choose") was a large unit of the Roman army.

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Rood screen

The rood screen (also choir screen, chancel screen, or jube) is a common feature in late medieval church architecture.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic or Scots Gaelic, sometimes also referred to simply as Gaelic (Gàidhlig) or the Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Sessions House, Usk

The Sessions House at Usk, Wales, is a Victorian courthouse by Thomas Henry Wyatt of 1877.

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Sex offender

A sex offender (sexual offender, sex abuser, or sexual abuser) is a person who has committed a sex crime.

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Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus (SJ – from Societas Iesu) is a scholarly religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in sixteenth-century Spain.

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Son et lumière (show)

Son et lumière (French, lit. "sound and light"), or a sound and light show, is a form of nighttime entertainment that is usually presented in an outdoor venue of historic significance.

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Sorbus leyana

Sorbus leyana (also called Ley's Whitebeam) is a species of plant in the family Rosaceae.

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Suffragette

Suffragettes were members of women's organisations in the late-19th and early-20th centuries who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for women's suffrage, the right to vote in public elections.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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The Royal British Legion

The Royal British Legion (RBL), sometimes called The British Legion or The Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants.

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Thomas Henry Wyatt

Thomas Henry Wyatt (9 May 1807 – 5 August 1880) was an Anglo-Irish architect.

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Titus Oates

Titus Oates (15 September 1649 – 12/13 July 1705), also called Titus the Liar, was an English perjurer who fabricated the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to kill King Charles II.

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Town council

A town council, village council or rural council is a form of local government for small municipalities.

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United Kingdom census, 2001

A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001.

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Usk (GWR) railway station

Usk (GWR) railway station is a disused railway station in the town of Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Usk Castle

Usk Castle (Castell Brynbuga) is a castle site in the town of Usk in central Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Usk Hundred

Usk was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire.

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Voluntary association

A voluntary group or union (also sometimes called a voluntary organization, common-interest association,Prins HEL et al. (2010).. Cengage Learning. association, or society) is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement, usually as volunteers, to form a body (or organization) to accomplish a purpose.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wales in the Roman era

The history of Wales in the Roman era began in 48 AD with a military invasion by the imperial governor of Roman Britain.

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Welsh language

Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a member of the Brittonic branch of the Celtic languages.

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Welsh Marches

The Welsh Marches (Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Whisky

Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash.

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William Edwards (architect)

William Edwards (February 1719 – 7 August 1789) was a Welsh Methodist minister who also practised as a stonemason, architect and bridge engineer.

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William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke (died 1469)

William Herbert, 1st Earl of Pembroke KG (c. 1423 – 27 July 1469), known as "Black William", was a Welsh nobleman, politician, and courtier.

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Y Lolfa

Y Lolfa (Welsh for The Lounge) is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usk

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