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Monmouth,

city (1990 pop. 9,489), seat of Warren co., W Ill.; inc. 1852. Located in a farm area, it is a trade center with a packing plant. Manufactures include pottery, farm tools, and feed. Monmouth College is in the city. Wyatt EarpEarp, Wyatt Berry Stapp
, 1848–1929, law officer, gambler, and gunfighter of the American West, b. Monmouth, Ill. After serving as police officer in Wichita (1874) and Dodge City (1876–77), Kans.
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Monmouth,

Welsh Trefynwy, town (1981 pop. 7,379), Monmouthshire, SE Wales, at the junction of the Monnow and Wye rivers. The town is a popular tourist and agricultural center with flourishing cattle and produce markets. Industries include food processing and paper manufacture. Fishing is also an activity. Remains of a 12th-century castle (in which Henry V was born), a Norman church, and an old bridge (1272) over the Monnow are there. Monmouth School for boys was founded in 1614. A local museum commemorates Admiral Horatio NelsonNelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount,
1758–1805, British admiral. The most famous of Britain's naval heroes, he is commemorated by the celebrated Nelson Column in Trafalgar Square, London.
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Monmouth

James Scott, Duke of Monmouth. 1649--85, the illegitimate son of Charles II of England, he led a rebellion against James II in support of his own claim to the Crown; captured and beheaded

Monmouth

a market town in E Wales, in Monmouthshire: Norman castle, where Henry V was born in 1387. Pop.: 8547 (2001)

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It is still capable of doing between ten and 12mph, and its seller, from Monmouth, Wales, had driven it in the famous London-to-Brighton run.

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Unemployed Wyatt, 55, of Monmouth, Wales, had demanded a PS1.9million "financial remedy" but was told she must settle for the lesser sum plus PS200,000 in legal costs by a Supreme Court judge.

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Lorry driver Mr Simon Morgan, of Monmouth, Wales, was unhurt.

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The album sessions made them feel like rock royalty as they laid down tracks at the famous Rockfield Studios, in Monmouth, Wales - 40 years to the day that Queen recorded Bohemian Rhapsody there.

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The Environment Agency today issued severe warnings for the rivers Wye and Monnow in Monmouth, Wales, as well as 40 lesser warnings, mostly for rivers in the Midlands, Wales and the South West.