Excerpt from Guide to the Town and Neighbourhood of Abergavenny About fifty years after the incarnation of our blessed Saviour this province submitted to the Romans, but was governed by kings and princes of their own, who paying the tribute imposed, did enjoy their ancient rights and privileges, being never conquered by Saxon, Dane, or Norman, 'till the reign of Henry II. We also find in the same work It is very remarkable, that in Upper Gwent (being not above forty miles in circumference) there were seven religious houses suppressed in the time of Henry VIII a number not to be paralleled within the same compass in all Britain, viz., the priories of Chepstow, St. Kinmark, Strugle, Monmouth and Goldclift, and also the ancient and large abbey of Tintern. Having given this slight outline of the importance of Gwent at so early a period of British history, we proceed to describe the advan tages bestowed upon it by nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.