Man of Gwent pub sign, Newport
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Man of Gwent pub sign, Newport
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 5 Dec 2010
The sign of the pub http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1545739 on Chepstow Road depicts an archer. Welsh longbowmen were a major element in the army of King Henry V at the battle of Agincourt (1415). Many of these were from Monmouthshire, the county of Henry's birth. Gwent, an ancient Welsh kingdom, is sometimes used as a synonym for the historic county of Monmouthshire. As a monosyllabic word, it is much used by local newspapers in preference to the trisyllabic name.
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Image Location
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51.593335
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-2.945497