Find a Soulmate in Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire (Sir
Fynwy) is both a principal area and a traditional county in south-east Wales. Monmouthshire's Welsh status was ambiguous until the 1960s. Previously, the legal formula had been to refer to
'Wales and Monmouthshire'. In popular usage, it had been considered part of
Wales for many centuries. The ambiguity surrounding its status arose from its
not being mentioned in the second Laws in Wales Act in the 16th
century. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica unambigiously described the county as part of England, but notes that 'whenever an act [...] is
intended to apply to [Wales] alone, then Wales is always coupled with
Monmouthshire'. |