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About   Monmouthshire  where our live musicians perform

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Towns, cities and regions, such as   Monmouthshire  have an influence on the style of music, whether it is the 'English Countryside' feel of Vaughan Williams, the strength of Elgar's Victorian Malvern, or the skirl of Northumbrian Pipe tune.

About  Monmouthshire   

The county of Monmouthsire came into existence in 1536 and consisted in the main of the marcher lordships of Newport, Abergavenny, Monmouth, Chepstow, Caerleon and Usk. The second Act of Union, that of 1543 established the Court of Great Session, a distinct Welsh system of courts based upon four three-county circuits: Anglesey, Caernarfon and Merionnydd; Flint, Denbigh and Montgomery; Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke; Radnor, Brecon and Glamorgan. As Monmouthshire was not included in the system, the notion arose that it had ceased to be part of Wales. The notion had little substance and became meaningless after 1830 when the Court of Great Session was abolished. Nevertheless, some of the rare examples of specific Welsh legislation passed between 1536 and 1900 assumed that Monmouthshire was not part of Wales. For example, the act closing public houses on Sunday in Wales did not initially apply to Monmouthshire. Even in the 20th century, it was usual to refer to the thirteen counties as Wales and Monmouthshire. The Welsh status of Monmouthshire passed beyond doubt in 1974 when it was recreated as the county of Gwent. Gwent was abolished in 1996, and the new units of local government which replaced it paid scant attention to any presumed boundaries between Wales and the old Monmouthshire.

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