Monmouth
Monmouth is the historical county town of Monmouthshire in Wales as well as also an area. Positioned where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, just 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) of the border with England. The community is 30 miles (48 kilometres) northeast of Cardiff, and also 113 miles (182 km) west of London. It is within the Monmouthshire neighborhood authority, and also the legislative constituency of Monmouth. Monmouth's population in the 2011 census was 10,508, climbing from 8,877 in 2001. The town was the site of a little Roman ft, Blestium, and came to be developed after the Normans developed a castle here after 1067. Its middle ages rock gated bridge is the only one of its kind staying in Britain. The castle later on came into the ownership of the House of Lancaster, and also was the native home of King Henry V in 1387. In 1536, it came to be the county town of Monmouthshire. A market town as well as an emphasis of instructional as well as cultural activities for the bordering rural area, Monmouth has come to be a tourist centre at the heart of the Wye Valley.
