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County Hall, Cwmbran (1978–1996) Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales. A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent. The authority was a successor to both the administrative county of Monmouthshire (with minor ...
Kingdom of Gwent. Gwent ( Old Welsh: Guent) was a medieval Welsh kingdom, lying between the Rivers Wye and Usk. It existed from the end of Roman rule in Britain in about the 5th century until the Norman invasion of Wales in the 11th century.
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Preserved county in south-east Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales. A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent. The authority was a successor to both the ...
Control of Gwent is passed to his successor, Iestyn ap Gwrgan, and remains in his hands until the Normans overrun south-eastern Wales in 1090 and the principality falls. The last of the native 'Princes of Wales' are killed in 1282, ending Welsh independence. Gwent eventually becomes the county of Monmouthshire.
May 23, 2018 · Gwent. Gwent. County of the south-east Wales border, which has had a singularly complex administrative history. Its basis was the Welsh kingdom of Gwent, which emerged on the lower Wye river in the 7th cent. It was quickly seized by the Anglo-Normans moving west after 1066 and a series of lordships created in both upper (Gwent Uwchcoed) and ...
Both Gwent Wildlife Trust Great Traston Meadows and RSPB Newport Wetlands Nature Reserve are home to the shrill carder bee (Bombus sylvarum) - the rarest bumblebee in England and Wales. They are full of wildflowers and teaming with insects and bird life, including fabulous bearded tits and breeding bitterns at the wetlands.