Abergavenny (the Roman Gobannium), a market-town of Monmouthshire, at the influx of the Gavenny to the Usk, 13 miles W. of Monmouth. It has remains of an old castle and of a priory. There are collieries and ironworks in the neighbourhood. Pop. (1891) 7640.
Abergavenny
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 14
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