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MONMOUTH / TREFYNWY, Monmouthshire
"MONMOUTH, a parish, market town, municipal and parliamentary borough, having separate jurisdiction, but locally in the lower division of the hundred of Skenfreth, county Monmouth, of which it is the county town, 130 miles W. by N. of London, and 79 miles from Worcester by the West Midland section of the Great Western railway, which has a branch of 18 miles from Pontypool Road to Monmouth."
[Description(s) from
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
- Bibliography of Monmouth Borough. Cwmbran : Gwent County Council, 1986. 316p.
- Bold, Wyndham E.
Methodism and its beginnings in Monmouth. 1987. 55p.
- Davies, Ebenezer T.
The inns and friendly societies of Monmouth. Monmouth : Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust, 1982. 48p.
- Davies, O Talog.
Antique maps of Monmouth Part 1, 1573-1695. Wolverley, Kidderminster] : O. Talog Davies, [1985]. 32p.
- Dunning, Robert.
The Monmouth rebellion. Dovecote, 1985.
- Edwards, Arthur.
The seven bishops : in celebration of the seventy-fifth birthday of the Diocese of Monmouth - 1996. [Newport] : Monmouth Diocese, 1997. 69p.
- Gomme, Andor. St. Mary's Monmouth : the building of the eighteenth century church.
Monmouthshire Antiquary 5 (1985-88), p. 88-95.
- Harrison, Derek. Monmouth and its railways : Derek Harrison looks at three single-line railways that once served a diverse community.
Steam Days 39 (1992), p. 595-9.
- Heath, Charles.
Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth : including a variety of other particulars deserving the stranger's notice, relating to the borough and its neighbourhood. Collected from original papers and unquestionable authorities, the whole never before published. [Monmouth] : Printed and sold by him [Charles Heath]: sold also by Mr. Roberts, Ross; Mrs. Kirby, Chepstow; and at all the inns in the county, 1804.
- Hopson, Mary.
Monmouth in 1885 : or, Gleanings from the Monmouthshire Beacon, Forest of Dean Gazette, General Advertiser for the Counties of Monmouth, Hereford and Gloucester, and for South Wales, January to December, 1885. [Llanrothal, Monmouth] : Tregate Press, 1985. 56p.
- Hopson, Mary.
A record of the memorial stones in Monmouth Parish churchyard. Llanrothal, Monmouth] : Tregate Press, 1988. 37p.
- Illustrated handbook to Monmouth and the various objects of interest around it : with a map showing the railways and distances from Monmouth to the principal points of attraction. Monmouth : R. Waugh, [18--?] 77p.
- Kissack, Keith. Life in the Monmouth Militia, 1778 to 1812 : from the duke of Beaufort's orderly books at Badminton.
Monmouthshire Antiquary 7 (1991), p. 71-81.
- Kissack, Keith.
Victorian Monmouth. [Monmouth] : Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust, [1986]. 213p.
- Kissack, Keith.
Monmouth : the making of a county town. London : Phillimore, 1975. 345p.
- Kissack, Keith.
Mediaeval Monmouth. Monmouth : Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust, 1974. 80p.
- Kissack, Keith.
Education in Monmouth. Monmouth & district Field Club & Antiquarian Society, 1967?. 21p.
- Kissack, Keith.
The formative years : the rise of Monmouth under its Breton Lords 1075-1257 with an appendix of dates from 1066 to the present day. Monmouth & district Field Club & Antiquarian Society, [1946?] 17p.
- Kissack, Keith.
The building of Monmouth. Monmouth : Monmouth Historical and Educational Trust, 1989. 12p.
- Kissack, Keith.
Monmouth School and Monmouth, 1614-1995. Hereford : Lapridge Publications, 1995. 158p.
- Kissack, Keith.
The lordship, parish and borough of Monmouth. Hereford : Lapridge Publications, 1996. 159p.
- Monmouth and the river Wye : in old photographs : from Goodrich to Brockweir. Gloucester : Sutton, 1989. 160p.
- Monmouth official guide. Monmouth : Post Haste, 1985. 40p.
- Phillips, Roger. Stage coach rivalry at Monmouth.
Gwent Local History 62 (1987), p. 19-28.
- Powell, David A.
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Monmouth 1793-1993 : a short history. Monmouth : St. Mary's Catholic Church, 1993. 64p.
- Roots, Ivan A.
The Monmouth rising. Exeter : Devon Books, 1986. 96p.
- Shirehampton. W J P.
Monmouth's railways : a historical survey. Monmouth & district Field Club & Antiquarian Society, [196-?] 10p.
- Taylor, Robert.
Taylor's illustrated guide to the banks of the Wye, including Chepstow, Monmouth, Ross ... and other parts of the Welsh borders : with historical and topographical remarks. Chepstow : Robert Taylor, 1853. 70p.
- The Monmouth registers : illustrative of the history, manners, and morals, of the town and neighbourhood. Monmouth : W. Bailey, 1872. 29p.
- The true and interesting history of William Owen and Polly Morgan, both of Monmouth town. London : printed by W. Bailey, 1782. 32p.
- Wigfield, W Macdonald.
The Monmouth rebels, 1685. Taunton : Somerset Record Society, 1985. 225p.
- This list of parish records is intended as a rough guide to coverage only. Their location as stated should be confirmed with the appropriate Record Office prior to any visit.
| Monmouth / Trefynwy, St Mary's Church - records with the NLW |
| Baptisms/Marriages/Burials |
1598-1754 with gaps |
| Bishops Transcripts |
1660-88, 1690-4, 1696-1833, 1836-42 - records with the HRO |
| Monmouth / Trefynwy, St Mary's Church - records with the Gwent RO |
| Baptisms |
Marriages |
Banns |
Burials |
| 1755-1908 |
1754-1918 |
1823-47, 1915-64 |
1755-1918 |
| Bishops Transcripts |
1843-59, 1862-9 - records with the NLW |
| Monmouth / Trefynwy, St Thomas Overmonnow's Church (formed from St Mary 1831) - records with the Gwent RO |
| Baptisms |
Marriages |
Banns |
Burials |
| 1846-1910 |
1846-1942 |
1846-1939 |
1850-4 |
| Bishops Transcripts |
1846-60, 1862, 1865, 1867 - records with the NLW |
[Details as published in
The Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 1986 - present location/availability may vary]
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(Last updated - Gareth Hicks - 30 March 2009)
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