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Monmouth (/ ˈmɒnməθ / MON-məth or / ˈmʌn -/ MUN-; Welsh: Trefynwy, lit. 'Town on the Monnow') is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales, situated on where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, two miles (three kilometres) from the Wales–England border.
Monmouthshire (/ ˈmɒnməθʃər, ˈmʌn -, - ʃɪər / MON-məth-shər, MUN-, -sheer; Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the south, and Torfaen, Newport and Blaenau Gwent to the west.
Until 1974, Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər, ˈ m ʌ n-,-ʃ ɪər / MON-məth-shər, MUN-, -sheer), also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ, ˈ m ʌ n-/ MON-məth, MUN-; Welsh: Sir Fynwy), was an administrative county in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England, and later classed as one of the ...
- Jones. One of the most common surnames in Wales is Jones. It is a contraction of ‘John’s son.’ John was an extremely common personal name across Europe at this time because of its links to the Bible.
- Davies. The surname Davies is an old Welsh surname with patronymic roots and comes from the anglicisation of the Welsh ‘Dafydd’ – ‘David’ and comes from ‘David’s son.’
- Williams. Another testament to the old Welsh patronymic style of surnames is Williams which comes from ‘son of William’ or ‘William’s son.’ The surname also belongs to the famous Welsh landscape painter, Kyffin Williams.
- Evans. The name Evans also comes from ‘son of Evan’ which was an anglicised version of the Welsh Efan or Ifan. These in turn were the Welsh medieval forms of the Latin Ieuan.
Monmouth, town, historic and present county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy), southeastern Wales. It is situated at the confluence of the Rivers Wye and Monnow on the English border. The town of Monmouth, granted its first royal charter in 1256, became important as the market for a rich agricultural.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 15, 2019 · Monmouth. town in Wales, so called from its situation where the River Monnow flows into the larger Wye. The Welsh name, Trefynwy, "homestead on the Mynwy," preserves the native form of the name.
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