Monmouth- Trefynwy
Situated at the confluence of the River Wye and the River Monnow, Monmouth is an affluent market town that has skipped from both sides of the English and Welsh border over the centuries.
Though the Romans once occupied the area it was the Norman Earl of Hereford, William FitzOsbern who established Monmouth when he built a castle here in 1068. Though very little of this remains it is famed as the birth place of Harry of Monmouth later King Henry V who despite overwhelming odds led the English to victory against the French at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415.
Henry V is proudly celebrated throughout the town; at the heart of Monmouth is Agincourt Square from which leads the high street and narrow cobbled alleyways lined with many specialist shops and neat little eateries.
At the other end of the high street is the Monnow Bridge, the town’s trademark feature, a 13th Century stone gated bridge, which is the only surviving medieval fortified bridge in Britain.
