Monmouth
Monmouth is the historical county town of Monmouthshire in Wales and additionally an area. Situated where the River Monnow signs up with the River Wye, just 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) of the border with England. The town is 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Cardiff, and 113 miles (182 km) west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire regional authority, and the legislative constituency of Monmouth. Monmouth's population in the 2011 census was 10,508, increasing from 8,877 in 2001. The town was the site of a tiny Roman fort, Blestium, and also came to be developed after the Normans built a castle right here after 1067. Its medieval stone gated bridge is the only one of its kind continuing to be in Britain. The castle later on entered the property of the House of Lancaster, and was the birthplace of King Henry V in 1387. In 1536, it ended up being the county town of Monmouthshire. A market community and also an emphasis of instructional as well as cultural tasks for the bordering backwoods, Monmouth has actually ended up being a tourism centre at the heart of the Wye Valley.