The "county or shire of Monmouth" was formed from parts of the Welsh Marches in 1535. At this time, Monmouth was designated as the "Head and Shire town of the said county of Shire of Monmouth." The eastern part of the county is mainly agricultural, with rich mineral resources in western valleys. Coal mining and iron working were significant employers from the 18th to 20th Century. Between the 5th and 10th centuries, the Welsh Kingdom of Gwent covered a variable area roughly contiguous with Monmouthshire.<\/span><\/span>","A family seat,<\/strong> or simply a seat,<\/strong> was the principal manor of a medieval lord, often an elegant country mansion. It denoted the family held political and economic influences. ","Anglesey (Isle of Anglesey, Anglesey, <\/b>Môn)<\/b><\/span><\/span>
Anglesey is an island on the North-West coast of Wales in the Irish Sea, known as Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island and some islets and skerries. From 1974 – 1996 Anglesey was part of Gwynedd until it became an independent authority. Anglesey also has numerous megalithic monuments and menhirs; it also has a long association with the druids with the Roman general Gaius Suetonius Paulinus attacking the island using his amphibious Batavian contingent.<\/span><\/span>","Ireland<\/strong> was first settled around 6000 BC by a race of Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers who lived there. They tended to hunt such creatures as the megaceros, a giant variety of deer so large that their antlers spanned ten feet. ","The ancient dukedom of Saxony<\/strong> derived its name from the Germanic tribe name the Saxons who inhabited the territory after the fall of the Roman Empire.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","","","","","","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/books.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/wales_monmouthshire.webp?pos=floatRight","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/castle1.webp","\/cdn\/webp\/i\/kb\/200w\/wales_anglesey.webp?pos=floatRight","","",null],"mode":"f","s":"Hewell","sU":"HOWELL","oC":"WA","o":"Welsh","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"\/dpreview\/HOWELL\/WA\/Hewell\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"\/dpreview\/ANDERSON\/SC\/Anderson\/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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