What is Monmouth?
{{infobox UK place | country = Wales | welsh_name = Trefynwy | constituency_welsh_assembly = Monmouth | latitude = 51.80893 | longitude = -2.71938 | official_name = Monmouth | unitary_wales = [[Monmouthshire]] | lieutenancy_wales = [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]] | constituency_westminster = [[Monmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Monmouth]] | post_town = MONMOUTH | postcode_district = NP25 | postcode_area = NP | dial_code = 01600 | os_grid_reference = SO505125 | population = 8,877 | static_image = Gatehouse_on_Monnow_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1241351.jpg | static_image_caption = <small>The [[medieval]] fortified bridge over the River Monnow</small> }} '''Monmouth''' is a small town in south-east [[Wales]]. It is about 2 miles from the border with [[England]]. It is the county town of [[Monmouthshire]], and just under 9,000 people live there. The [[River Wye]] and the River Monnow meet in Monmouth. ==History== The [[Roman Britain|Romans]] built a small [[fort]] there called ''Blestium'', but few people lived in the area after the Romans left. Eventually, the [[Normans]] built a [[castle]] by the River Monnow, after they conquered England in 1066. Monmouth grew in the [[Middle Ages]], with a [[priory]] church, and a [[market]] street (now called Monnow Street). This street ran between the castle and a fortified bridge across the river, which is the only fortified bridge of its type in Britain. [[Henry V of England|King Henry V]] of England was born in Monmouth Castle in 1387, but the castle itself was mostly knocked down after the [[English Civil War|Civil War]] in the seventeenth century. Monmouth was well known at one time for producing Monmouth caps - a sort of woollen headgear worn by soldiers, sailors and others. It also became famous at the end of the eighteenth century, when people such