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The show was restarted in 1919 when it was renamed the Monmouthshire County Show. [2] The show was not held during the period of the Second World War, but from 1946 until 2006 it was held each year on the grounds of Vauxhall Fields. Nor was it held in 1956 or 2001 due to outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, nor 2020 on grounds of COVID-19 pandemic.
Map of places in Monmouthshire compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of places in Monmouthshire , Wales , sorted alphabetically.
A cattle market was held in Abergavenny from 1863 to December 2013. [4] [44] From 1825 to 1863 a sheep market was held at a site in Castle Street, to stop the sale of sheep on the streets of the town. When the market closed, the site was leased and operated by Abergavenny Market Auctioneers Ltd, who held regular livestock auctions on the site.
Monmouthshire has 200 scheduled monuments.The 46 prehistoric scheduled sites include burial sites, enclosures and 16 hill forts.Ten sites date from the Roman period, including four villas.
It was built in 1724, and was formerly the centre for the Assize Courts and Quarter Sessions for Monmouthshire. In 1840, the court was the location of the trial of the Chartist leader John Frost and others for high treason for their part in the Newport Rising. The building was also used as a market place. 8 Great Castle House: I: 1673
The pedestrianised St Mary's Street contains antique shops, gift shops, an independent book shop, coffee shops and restaurants. There are also regular farmers' markets and produce markets in the town centre. [39] A regular open air weekly market at the racecourse closed in 2014. [40] The town's livestock market closed in the early 1960s. [8]
Another problem facing Welsh farmers is their distance from the main distribution centres used by supermarkets which are mostly located near centres of population in England. [14] To increase their incomes, many farmers have diversified; the average income from non-farming business activities on farms in Wales in 2013 /2014 was £4,900. [25]
Monmouthshire (/ ˈ m ɒ n m ə θ ʃ ər, ˈ m ʌ n-,-ʃ ɪər / 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.