Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Monmouth. You may be able to find further references to Monmouth in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
MONMOUTH a town, a parish, a sub-district, and a district Imperial

Travel writing

This website includes the complete texts of books describing journeys around Britain, written between the twelfth and nineteenth centuries. Selecting one of the links below will take you to the first reference to Monmouth within the selected text. This will not always be a description of a visit: travellers often mention places other than where they are, for example as a basis for comparison.

Traveller Section No. of Refs.
Arthur Young 1776 Tour of South Wales and South Midlands 6
William Camden Hereford, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth and Glamorgan 3
Daniel Defoe Letter 6, Part 3: Worcester, Hereford and Wales 3
William Gilpin Ross to Monmouth 3
William Gilpin Monmouth to Tintern 3
Henry Vincent Mar. 10 to 16: Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Hereford 3
Henry Vincent Mar. 16 to 23: Wye valley, Newport and Devizes 3
Henry Vincent May 6 to 11: Arrest, and Monmouth Gaol 3
William Gilpin Tintern to Chepstow 2
George Borrow Tom O' the Dingle 1
George Borrow Conclusion: Newport and Chepstow 1
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 4: Coed Grono and Abergevenni 1
Gerald of Wales Book I, Ch. 5: Usk and Caerleon 1
William Gilpin London to Ross 1
William Gilpin To the source of the Wye 1
William Gilpin Monmouth to Llandovery 1
John Wesley 1777-80: On the Isle of Man; City Road Chapel; Wesley Visits Lord George Gordon 1
Henry Vincent Mar. 24 to Apr. 1: Newport and Stroud 1

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer
Osbaston 0 1
Dixton 0 3
Ganarew 0 2
Mitchell Troy 0 2
Rockfield 0 2
Staunton 0 2
Wonastow 0 2
Redbrook 0 2
Penalt 0 2
Welsh Newton 2 3
Llanrothal 0 2
Whitchurch 1 2
Symonds Yat 4 2
Llangrove 0 3
St Maughans 0 2
Grace Dieu 0 2
Cwmcarfan 0 1
Huntsham 0 2
Coldwell Rocks 1 2
Llangatwg Feibion Afel 0 2