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Wales Genealogy: Monmouthshire Census & County Records

The County of MONMOUTH is 80 Miles in Circumference, contains about 340000 Acres, 6 Hundreds, 7 Market Towns & only one Borough [viz. Monmouth the shire town], 137 Parishes & about 6400 Houses. The Air is healthfull & temperate, the soil is hilly and woody, the Valleys fruitfull, yeilding abundance of Corn and Grass, as the Hills doe Cattle, Sheep & Goats, &c. Cheif Commodities are Corn, Cattle, Sheep, and its Rivers particularly the Uske and the Wye, are full of Salmon and Trout." [Emanuel Bowen, Britannia Depicta, 1720]

 

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Monmouthshire, Wales Census Records
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Monmouthshire Parish & Historical Records

Monmouthshire, Wales Directory, 1844
Monmouthshire, Wales Directory, 1844
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Monmouth, Wales: A Topographical and Historical Description of the County
Monmouth, Wales: A Topographical and Historical Description of the County
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Monmouthshire, Wales Ancestry Message Board

 

Monmouthshire Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Records