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Abergavenny

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Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. [1]

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  1. 248 relations: A40 road, A465 road, Abergavenny Bridge, Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny fireworks display, Abergavenny Food Festival, Abergavenny Hundred, Abergavenny Museum, Abergavenny railway station, Abergavenny RFC, Abergavenny Thursdays F.C., Abergavenny Town F.C., Abergavenny Town Hall, Abergavenny town walls, Adam Orleton, Adolf Hitler, Alabaster, Alluvial fan, Amanda Holden, Ardal Leagues, Augustine Baker, Östringen, Bailey Park, Abergavenny, Bailiff, Baker Street drill hall, Abergavenny, Ballon, Sarthe, Baron Bergavenny, Battle of Rorke's Drift, Bay window, Beacons Way, Beaupréau, Becky James, Beeching cuts, Benedictines, Bishop of Hereford, Bishop of Llandaff, Black Mountains, United Kingdom, Blacksmith, Blorenge, Borough Theatre, Brecon Beacons, Brecon Beacons National Park, British Iron Age, British National Road Race Championships, Brittonic languages, Brynmawr, Burgess (title), Burrium, Cadw, Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales, ... Expand index (198 more) »

  2. Communities in Monmouthshire
  3. Market towns in Wales
  4. River Usk
  5. Towns in Monmouthshire
  6. Towns of the Welsh Marches

A40 road

The A40 is a trunk road which runs between London and Goodwick (Fishguard), Wales, and officially called The London to Fishguard Trunk Road (A40) in all legal documents and Acts.

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A465 road

The A465 is a trunk road that runs from Bromyard in Herefordshire, England to Llandarcy near Swansea in south Wales.

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Abergavenny Bridge

Abergavenny Bridge, (also known as Usk Bridge), crosses the River Usk at the boundary between Abergavenny and Llanfoist.

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Abergavenny Castle

Abergavenny Castle (Castell y Fenni) is a ruined castle in the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales, established by the Norman lord Hamelin de Balun. Abergavenny and Abergavenny Castle are river Usk.

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Abergavenny fireworks display

The Abergavenny fireworks display is an annual organized fireworks display held each year on 5 November, Guy Fawkes Night in Abergavenny, Wales.

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Abergavenny Food Festival

The Abergavenny Food Festival is an annual food festival which takes place in the town of Abergavenny in Wales each September.

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Abergavenny Hundred

Abergavenny was an ancient hundred of Monmouthshire.

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Abergavenny Museum

Abergavenny Museum is a museum situated in the grounds of Abergavenny Castle, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Abergavenny railway station

Abergavenny railway station (Y Fenni) is situated south-east of the town centre of Abergavenny, Wales.

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Abergavenny RFC

Abergavenny Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club team based in Abergavenny.

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Abergavenny Thursdays F.C.

Abergavenny Thursdays Football Club was a Welsh football team based in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Abergavenny Town F.C.

Abergavenny Town Football Club is a Welsh association football club based in the town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, The team play in the Ardal Southern League, tier 3 of the Welsh football pyramid.

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Abergavenny Town Hall

Abergavenny Town Hall (Neuadd y Dref Y Fenni) is a municipal building located on Cross Street, Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Abergavenny town walls

Abergavenny's town walls are a sequence of defensive walls built around the town of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Adam Orleton

Adam Orleton (died 1345) was an English churchman and royal administrator.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Alabaster

Alabaster is a mineral and a soft rock used for carvings and as a source of plaster powder.

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Alluvial fan

An alluvial fan is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging from an escarpment.

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Amanda Holden

Amanda Louise Holden (born 16 February 1971) is an English media personality, actress and singer.

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Ardal Leagues

The Ardal Leagues are a football league in Wales.

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Augustine Baker

Augustine Baker OSB (9 December 1575 – 9 August 1641), also sometimes known as "Austin Baker", was a well-known Benedictine mystic and an ascetic writer.

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Östringen

Östringen (South Franconian: Öschdringe) is a town in Northern Karlsruhe district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Bailey Park, Abergavenny

Bailey Park is an urban park in the town of Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire Wales.

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Bailiff

A bailiff is a manager, overseer or custodian – a legal officer to whom some degree of authority or jurisdiction is given.

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Baker Street drill hall, Abergavenny

The Baker Street drill hall is a former military installation in Abergavenny in Wales.

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Ballon, Sarthe

Ballon is a former commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays de la Loire in north-western France.

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Baron Bergavenny

The title Baron Bergavenny (or Abergavenny) was created several times in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of Great Britain, all but the first being baronies created by error.

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Battle of Rorke's Drift

The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was an engagement in the Anglo-Zulu War.

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Bay window

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.

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Beacons Way

The Beacons Way (Welsh: Ffordd y Bannau) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.

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Beaupréau

Beaupréau is a former commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France.

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Becky James

Rebecca Angharad James (born 29 November 1991) is a Welsh former professional racing cyclist specialising in track cycling.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts, also colloquially referred to as the Beeching Axe, were a major series of route closures and service changes made as part of the restructuring of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain in the 1960s.

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Benedictines

The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (Ordo Sancti Benedicti, abbreviated as OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict.

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Bishop of Hereford

The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.

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Bishop of Llandaff

The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff.

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Black Mountains, United Kingdom

The Black Mountains (Y Mynydd Du or sometimes Y Mynyddoedd Duon) are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.

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Blacksmith

A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith).

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Blorenge

Blorenge, also called The Blorenge (Blorens), is a prominent hill overlooking the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, southeast Wales.

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Borough Theatre

The Borough Theatre, Abergavenny is the principal theatre in the Monmouthshire town of Abergavenny in south east Wales.

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Brecon Beacons

The Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) are a mountain range in Wales.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

Brecon Beacons National Park, officially named Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, is a national park in Wales.

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British Iron Age

The British Iron Age is a conventional name used in the archaeology of Great Britain, referring to the prehistoric and protohistoric phases of the Iron Age culture of the main island and the smaller islands, typically excluding prehistoric Ireland, which had an independent Iron Age culture of its own.

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British National Road Race Championships

The British National Road Race Championships cover different categories of British road bicycle racing events, normally held annually.

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Brittonic languages

The Brittonic languages (also Brythonic or British Celtic; ieithoedd Brythonaidd/Prydeinig; yethow brythonek/predennek; and yezhoù predenek) form one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic language family; the other is Goidelic.

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Brynmawr

italic) is a market town, community and electoral ward in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. The town, sometimes cited as the highest town in Wales, is situated at above sea level at the head of the South Wales Valleys. It grew with the development of the coal mining and iron industries in the early 19th century. Abergavenny and Brynmawr are market towns in Wales.

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Burgess (title)

Burgess was a British title used in the medieval and early modern period to designate someone of the burgher class.

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Burrium

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

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Cadw

italic (a Welsh verbal noun meaning "keeping/preserving") is the historic environment service of the Welsh Government and part of the Tourism and Culture group.

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Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales

The Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales is a heritage register of significant historic parks and gardens in Wales.

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Caerleon

Caerleon (Caerllion) is a town and community in Newport, Wales. Abergavenny and Caerleon are river Usk.

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Cardiff Central railway station

Cardiff Central (Caerdydd Canolog) is a major station on the South Wales Main Line.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Castle (Abergavenny ward)

Castle is an electoral ward in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Castra

In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (castra) was a military-related term.

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Cattle

Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.

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Charles Hanbury Williams

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, KB (8 December 1708 – 2 November 1759) was a Welsh diplomat, writer and satirist.

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Charles I of England

Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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Chauffeur

A chauffeur is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or a limousine.

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Church in Wales

The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.

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Clydach Gorge

The Clydach Gorge (also known as Cwm Clydach) is a steep-sided valley in south-east Wales down which the River Clydach flows to the River Usk.

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Coldbrook Park

Coldbrook Park, Llanover, Monmouthshire, Wales, was a major country house and estate.

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Community (Wales)

A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.

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Country music

Country (also called country and western) is a music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and the Southwest.

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County town

In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.

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Crewe Alexandra F.C.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crewe, Cheshire, England.

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Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The cycling competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were held at four venues scheduled to host eighteen events between 6 August and 21 August.

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Dave Richards (footballer, born 1993)

David Matthew Richards (born 31 December 1993) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Dundee United.

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David Lewis (Jesuit priest)

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

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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Diocese of Monmouth

The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales.

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Dissolution of the monasteries

The dissolution of the monasteries, occasionally 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 Catholic monasteries, priories, convents, and friaries in England, Wales, and Ireland; seized their wealth; disposed of their assets; and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Earl

Earl is a rank of the nobility in the United Kingdom.

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Edward Neville, 3rd Baron Bergavenny

Edward Neville, de facto 3rd (de jure 1st) Baron Bergavenny (died 18 October 1476) was an English nobleman.

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Effigy

An effigy is a sculptural representation, often life-size, of a specific person or a prototypical figure.

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England–Wales border

The England–Wales border, sometimes referred to as the Wales–England border or the Anglo-Welsh border, runs for from the Dee estuary, in the north, to the Severn estuary in the south, separating England and Wales.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Ethel Lina White

Ethel Lina White (2 April 1876 – 13 August 1944) was a British crime writer from Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Façade

A façade or facade is generally the front part or exterior of a building.

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Fair

A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities.

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Farmers' market

A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers.

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Field hockey

Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.

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Flannel

Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of varying fineness.

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

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Funerary art

Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.

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Garfield Sobers

The Right Excellent Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers, NH, AO, OCC (born 28 July 1936), also known as Sir Gary or Sir Garry Sobers, is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies between 1954 and 1974.

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Georgian architecture

Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830.

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Glamorgan County Cricket Club

Glamorgan County Cricket Club (Criced Morgannwg) is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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Gobannium

Gobannium was a Roman fort and civil settlement or Castra established by the Roman legions invading what was to become Roman Wales and lies today under the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire in south east Wales.

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Gofannon

Gofannon is a Middle Welsh reflex of Gobannus, one of the deities worshipped by the ancient Celts.

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Grammar school

A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching Latin, but more recently an academically oriented secondary school.

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Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales.

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Gunter Mansion

Gunter Mansion, 37–39 Cross Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a house of the early 17th century.

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Gwent (county)

Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales.

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Hamelin de Ballon

Hamelin de Ballon (or Baalun, Baalan, Balun, Balodun, Balon, etc.) (born ca. 1060, died 5 March 1105/6) was an early Norman Baron and the first Baron Abergavenny and Lord of Over Gwent and Abergavenny; he also served William Rufus.

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and is the third in the Harry Potter series.

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Henry VIII (play)

Henry VIII is a collaborative history play, written by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, based on the life of Henry VIII.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. Abergavenny and Hereford are towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Hereford railway station

Hereford railway station serves the city of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England.

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HMS Abergavenny

HMS Abergavenny was originally Earl of Abergavenny, an East Indiaman sailing for the British East India Company (EIC). As an East Indiaman she made two trips to China between 1790 and 1794. The Royal Navy bought her in 1795, converted her to a 56-gun fourth-rate ship of the line, and renamed her. One year later the East India Company built a new and much larger ship which was also named the ''Earl of Abergavenny'' and which sank off Weymouth Bay in 1805.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr

Ieuan ab Owain Glyndŵr was reputedly the illegitimate son of Owain Glyndŵr, the last native-Welsh Prince of Wales.

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Indian Rebellion of 1857

The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown.

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Intimate Relations (1996 film)

Intimate Relations is a 1996 Canadian-British film, the first movie by writer and director Philip Goodhew.

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Isca Augusta

Isca, variously specified as Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, was the site of a Roman legionary fortress and settlement or vicus, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day suburban town of Caerleon in the north of the city of Newport in South Wales.

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J. K. Rowling

Joanne Rowling (born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name, is a British author and philanthropist.

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John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings

John Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings (29 September 1287 – 20 January 1325) was a medieval English Baron.

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John of Monmouth (bishop)

John of Monmouth DD (in Latin Johannes de Monemuta; died 1323) was a medieval university Chancellor and Bishop of Llandaff.

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John Williams (VC)

John Williams (born John Fielding; 24 May 1857 – 25 November 1932) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Jules Williams

Julian Lloyd "Jules" Williams (born 23 July 1968) is a British writer, director, and producer.

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Julie Walters

Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Julie Walters, is an English actress.

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King Henry VIII Grammar School

King Henry VIII Grammar School, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire was one of a series of schools founded during the Reformation in England and Wales in 1542 from property seized from monasteries and religious congregations.

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Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542

The Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and 1542 (Y Deddfau Cyfreithiau yng Nghymru 1535 a 1542) or the Acts of Union (Y Deddfau Uno), were Acts of the Parliament of England under King Henry VIII of England, causing Wales to be incorporated into the realm of the Kingdom of England.

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Le Mans

Le Mans is a city in northwestern France on the Sarthe River where it meets the Huisne.

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Les Dennis

Leslie Dennis Heseltine (born 12 October 1953) is an English television presenter, actor and comedian.

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Linda Vista Gardens

Linda Vista Gardens is a small urban park in the town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire Wales.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Llanfoist

Llanfoist (Llan-ffwyst) is a village near Abergavenny, in Monmouthshire, Wales, in the community of Llanfoist Fawr. Abergavenny and Llanfoist are river Usk.

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Llangybi, Monmouthshire

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

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Llanthony Priory

Llanthony Priory (Priordy Llanddewi Nant Hodni) is a partly ruined former Augustinian priory in the secluded Vale of Ewyas, a steep-sided once-glaciated valley within the Black Mountains area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

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Llanvihangel Crucorney

Llanvihangel Crucorney (Llanfihangel Crucornau) is a small village in the community (parish) of Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Llanwenarth

Llanwenarth is a small village and parish in the Usk Valley of Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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Maindiff Court Hospital

Maindiff Court Hospital (Ysbyty Maindiff Court) is a community hospital near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Maine-Anjou

The Maine-Anjou is a French breed of domestic cattle, raised mainly in the Pays de la Loire region in north-western France.

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Malcolm Nash

Malcolm Andrew Nash (9 May 1945 – 30 July 2019) was a Welsh cricket player and coach.

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Manchester Piccadilly station

Manchester Piccadilly is the main railway station of the city of Manchester, in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.

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Marches Way

The Marches Way is a partially waymarked long-distance footpath in the United Kingdom. Abergavenny and Marches Way are river Usk.

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Marina Diamandis

Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Marína-Lampriní Diamánti; born 10 October 1985), known mononymously as Marina (often stylised in all caps) and previously by the stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Greek-Welsh singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Market town

A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.

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Marquess of Abergavenny

Marquess of Abergavenny (pronounced Abergenny) in the County of Monmouth, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created on 14 January 1876, along with the title Earl of Lewes (pronounced "Lewis"), in the County of Sussex, for the 5th Earl of Abergavenny, a member of the Nevill family.

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Marty Wilde

Marty Wilde, (born Reginald Leonard Smith; 15 April 1939) is a British singer and actor.

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Martyr

A martyr (mártys, 'witness' stem, martyr-) is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an external party.

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Mary Penry

Mary Penry (12 November 1735 — 17 May 1804) was a Welsh-born woman in colonial Pennsylvania.

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Matthew Jay

Graham Matthew Jay (10 October 1978 – 25 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter.

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Media Wales

Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales.

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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

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Mid Wales

Mid Wales (Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth, meaning "the midlands"), or Central Wales, is a region of Wales, encompassing its midlands, in-between North Wales and South Wales.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Monmouth

Monmouth (Trefynwy; meaning "town on the Monnow") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Abergavenny and Monmouth are Communities in Monmouthshire, towns in Monmouthshire and towns of the Welsh Marches.

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Monmouth (Senedd constituency)

Monmouth (Mynwy) is a constituency of the Senedd.

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Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Monmouth (Mynwy) was 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 the south east of Wales.

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Monmouthshire (historic)

Until 1974, Monmouthshire, also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy), was an administrative county in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal

The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (Camlas Sir Fynwy a Brycheiniog) is a small network of canals in South Wales. Abergavenny and Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal are river Usk.

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Monmouthshire County Council

Monmouthshire County Council (or simply Monmouthshire Council) (Cyngor Sir Fynwy) is the governing body for the Monmouthshire principal area – one of the unitary authorities of Wales.

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Monmouthshire Regiment

The Monmouthshire Regiment was a Territorial infantry regiment of the British Army.

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Moraine

A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.

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National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales (Welsh: Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru) is the largest of several eisteddfodau that are held annually, mostly in Wales.

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Nevill Hall Hospital

Nevill Hall Hospital (Ysbyty Nevill Hall) is a district general hospital in Abergavenny, north Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Newport Bus

Newport Bus (the operating name of Newport Transport Limited) is the main provider of bus services in the city of Newport, Wales.

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Newport railway station

Newport (Gorsaf Rheilffordd Casnewydd) is the second-busiest railway station in Wales (after Cardiff Central).

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Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway

The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway was a railway company formed to connect the places in its name.

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Newport, Wales

Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff. Abergavenny and Newport, Wales are river Usk.

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Norman invasion of Wales

The Norman invasion of Wales began shortly after the Norman conquest of England under William the Conqueror, who believed England to be his birthright.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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North Wales Main Line

The North Wales Main Line (Prif Linell Gogledd Cymru or Prif Linell y Gogledd), also known as the North Wales Coast Line (Llinell Arfordir Gogledd Cymru), is a major railway line in the north of Wales and Cheshire, England, running from Crewe on the West Coast Main Line to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey.

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Oath of allegiance

An oath of allegiance is an oath whereby a subject or citizen acknowledges a duty of allegiance and swears loyalty to a monarch or a country.

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Offa's Dyke Path

Offa's Dyke Path (Llwybr Clawdd Offa) is a long-distance footpath loosely following the Wales–England border.

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Oliver Thornton

Oliver Rhoe Thornton (born 10 September 1979) is a Welsh stage actor and singer who is best known for his contributions to musical theatre in London's West End.

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Owain Glyndŵr

Owain ap Gruffydd (–), commonly known as Owain Glyndŵr or Glyn Dŵr (anglicised as Owen Glendower), was a Welsh leader, soldier and military commander in the late Middle Ages, who led a 15-year-long revolt with the aim of ending English rule in Wales.

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Owen Sheers

Owen Sheers (born 20 September 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright and television presenter.

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Pandy, Monmouthshire

Pandy is a hamlet in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, United Kingdom.

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Pen-y-Fal Hospital

Pen-y-Fal Hospital (Ysbyty Pen-y-Fal) was a psychiatric hospital in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny

Pen-y-Pound is a cricket ground in Abergavenny, Wales.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Peter Law

Peter John Law (1 April 1948 – 25 April 2006) was a Welsh politician.

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Pope John XXII

Pope John XXII (Ioannes PP.; 1244 – 4 December 1334), born Jacques Duèze (or d'Euse), was head of the Catholic Church from 7 August 1316 to his death, in December 1334.

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Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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Priesthood in the Catholic Church

The priesthood is the office of the ministers of religion, who have been commissioned ("ordained") with the Holy orders of the Catholic Church.

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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 (Abergavenny ward)

Priory is an electoral ward in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny

The Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny is a parish church in the centre of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (musical)

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a jukebox musical with book by Australian film director-writer Stephan Elliott and Allan Scott, using well-known pop songs as its score.

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Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, or behavioral health hospitals are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, major depressive disorder, and others.

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Pub

A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.

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Raglan Castle

Raglan Castle (Castell Rhaglan) is a late medieval castle located just north of the village of Raglan in the county of Monmouthshire in south east Wales.

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Raglan, Monmouthshire

Raglan ((Rhaglan) is a village and community in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, United Kingdom. It is located some 9 miles south-west of Monmouth, midway between Monmouth and Abergavenny on the A40 road very near to the junction with the A449 road. The fame of the village derives from Raglan Castle, built for William ap Thomas and now maintained by Cadw. Abergavenny and Raglan, Monmouthshire are Communities in Monmouthshire.

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Raymond Williams

Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture.

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River Gavenny

The River Gavenny or sometimes the Gavenny River (Afon Gafenni) is a short river in Monmouthshire in south Wales.

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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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Robert Jones (VC)

Robert Jones VC (19 August 1857 – 6 September 1898) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in January 1879, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Royal Observer Corps

The Royal Observer Corps (ROC) was a civil defence organisation intended for the visual detection, identification, tracking and reporting of aircraft over Great Britain.

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Royalist

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim.

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Rudolf Hess

Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rupert Graves

Rupert Simeon Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor.

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Sarah Moffat

Sarah Moffat (born Clémence Moffat; July 1882 - unknown), also known as Sarah Delice and Clémence Dumas, is a fictional character in the ITV drama ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah.

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Sarno

Sarno is a town and comune and former Latin Catholic bishopric of Campania, Italy, in the province of Salerno, 20 km northeast from the city of Salerno and 60 km east of Naples by the main railway.

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Sarthe

Sarthe is a department of the French region of Pays de la Loire, and the province of Maine, situated in the Grand-Ouest of the country.

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Scott Ellaway

Scott Tereance Ellaway (born 8 August 1981) is a Welsh conductor and advocate for broadening access to classical music.

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Seisyll ap Dyfnwal

Seisyll ap Dyfnwal was a 12th-century Welsh Lord of Gwent Uwchcoed (Upper Gwent).

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Sheep

Sheep (sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.

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Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.

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Silures

The Silures were a powerful and warlike tribe or tribal confederation of ancient Britain, occupying what is now south east Wales and perhaps some adjoining areas.

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Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet

Sir Trevor Williams, 1st Baronet (c. 1623 – 1692) of Llangibby (Llangybi), Monmouthshire, was a Welsh gentry landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1660 and 1692.

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Skirrid Fawr

Skirrid Fawr, often referred to as just the Skirrid, is an easterly outlier of the Black Mountains in Wales.

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Smelting

Smelting is a process of applying heat and a chemical reducing agent to an ore to extract a desired base metal product.

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St John's Church, Abergavenny

St John's Church was the parish church for Abergavenny, Monmouthshire until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when the priory church of St Mary's Priory became the parish church.

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Stagecoach South Wales

Stagecoach South Wales is a bus operator providing services in South East Wales.

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Sugar Loaf, Monmouthshire

The Sugar Loaf, sometimes called Sugar Loaf (Mynydd Pen-y-fâl or Y Fâl), is a hill situated north-west of Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, Wales and sits within the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Sunshine Radio (Herefordshire and Monmouthshire)

Sunshine Radio is an Independent Local Radio station which broadcasts to Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, areas of the West Midlands and South Wales respectively from its studios in Hereford.

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Swansea railway station

Swansea railway station serves the city of Swansea, Wales.

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Telephone exchange

A telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or large enterprise telecommunications systems.

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Tennis Wales

Tennis Wales (Tennis Cymru) is the national governing body for tennis in Wales.

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Territorial Force

The Territorial Force was a part-time volunteer component of the British Army, created in 1908 to augment British land forces without resorting to conscription.

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The Adventure of the Priory School

"The Adventure of the Priory School", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

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The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 British mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave.

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The Skirrid Inn

The Skirrid Inn is a public house in the small village of Llanvihangel Crucorney, approximately north of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales.

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The Tithe Barn, Abergavenny

The Tithe Barn, Monk Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire is a tithe barn of late medieval origins which forms part of a group of historic buildings in the centre of the town.

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The Wheel Spins

The Wheel Spins (a.k.a. The Lady Vanishes) is a 1936 mystery novel by British writer Ethel Lina White.

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Thomas & Sarah

Thomas & Sarah is a British drama series that aired on ITV in 1979.

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Thomas Monaghan (VC)

Thomas Monaghan VC (Tomás Ó Manacháin; 18 April 1833 – 10 November 1895) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces, during the Indian Mutiny Monaghan was born at Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.

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Thomas Watkins

Thomas David Watkins (– ?) is a fictional character in the ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs and its spin-off Thomas & Sarah.

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Tithe

A tithe (from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.

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Tourism in Wales

Tourism in Wales makes up a significant portion of the Welsh economy and attracting millions of visitors each year.

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Transport for Wales Rail

Transport for Wales Rail Limited, branded as Transport for Wales and TfW Rail (and), is a Welsh publicly owned train operating company, a subsidiary of Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh Government-owned company.

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Tree of Jesse

The Tree of Jesse is a depiction in art of the ancestors of Jesus Christ, shown in a branching tree which rises from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)

Upstairs, Downstairs is a British drama television series produced by London Weekend Television (LWT) for ITV.

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Urban park

An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that offers green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors.

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Usk

Usk (Brynbuga) is a town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, northeast of Newport. Abergavenny and Usk are river Usk and towns in Monmouthshire.

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Usk Valley Walk

The Usk Valley Walk is a waymarked long distance footpath in south east Wales, from Caerleon to Brecon. Abergavenny and Usk Valley Walk are river Usk.

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Victoria Cross

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.

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Vulcana

Miriam Kate Williams (6 May 1874 – 8 August 1946) sometimes called Kate Roberts and better known by her stage name Vulcana, was a Welsh strongwoman.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Welsh Marches

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

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Welsh Marches line

The Welsh Marches line (Llinell y Mers), known historically as the North and West Route, is the railway line running from Newport in south-east Wales to Shrewsbury in the West Midlands region of England by way of Abergavenny, Hereford and Craven Arms and thence (by some definitions) to Crewe via Whitchurch.

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Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.

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West Midland Railway

The West Midland Railway was an early British railway company.

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Wig

A wig is a head covering made from human or animal hair, or a synthetic imitation thereof.

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William de Braose, 4th Lord of Bramber

William de Braose, (or William de Briouze), 4th Lord of Bramber (1144/1153 – 9 August 1211), court favourite of King John of England, at the peak of his power, was also Lord of Gower, Abergavenny, Brecknock, Builth, Radnor, Kington, Limerick, Glamorgan, Skenfrith, Briouze in Normandy, Grosmont and White Castle.

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William III of England

William III (William Henry;; 4 November 16508 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.

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William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny

William Nevill, 1st Marquess of Abergavenny (16 September 1826 – 12 December 1915), styled Viscount Neville between 1845 and 1868 and known as The Earl of Abergavenny between 1868 and 1876, was a British peer.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Y Gaer

Y Gaer is a Roman fort situated near modern-day Brecon in Mid Wales, United Kingdom.

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Y Graig

Y Graig, three miles west of Abergavenny, is the site of an abandoned settlement, known to have been occupied in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Ysgyryd Fach

Ysgyryd Fach is a hill one mile east of Abergavenny in the county of Monmouthshire, south Wales.

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2005 United Kingdom general election

The 2005 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 5 May 2005, to elect 646 members to the House of Commons.

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2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena.

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See also

Communities in Monmouthshire

Market towns in Wales

River Usk

Towns in Monmouthshire

Towns of the Welsh Marches

References

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

Also known as Abergavenney, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Abergaveny, Y Fenni.

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