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USK , a small See also:

market See also:town, is beautifully situated on the right See also:bank of the Usk See also:river, ro m. N.N.E. of See also:Newport. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 1476. It unites with Newport and See also:Monmouth to See also:form the Monmouth See also:parliamentary district of boroughs, returning one member. It is of high antiquity, occupying the site of a See also:Roman-See also:British See also:village or fort; and there are picturesque ruins of an See also:ancient See also:castle erected in de-fence of the Welsh See also:marches, and as such, a See also:scene of frequent strife from See also:Norman times until the days of the warlike See also:Owen See also:Glendower, about 1400. The See also:church of St See also:Mary originally belonged to a See also:Benedictine nunnery of the 12th See also:century.

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