The "county or shire of Monmouth" was formed from parts of the Welsh Marches in 1535. At this time, Monmouth was designated as the "Head and Shire town of the said county of Shire of Monmouth." The eastern part of the county is mainly agricultural, with rich mineral resources in western valleys. Coal mining and iron working were significant employers from the 18th to 20th Century. Between the 5th and 10th centuries, the Welsh Kingdom of Gwent covered a variable area roughly contiguous with Monmouthshire.","A family seat, or simply a seat, was the principal manor of a medieval lord, often an elegant country mansion. It denoted the family held political and economic influences. ","Most Welsh surnames are patronymic; that is, they are derived from a personal name of an ancestor. In the Middle Ages, the prefixes ap, ab (son of) and ferch (daughter of) were commonly found in Welsh surnames.","Located on the South East side of England, Kent is considered one of the Home Counties. Bordered by Greater London, Surrey, East Sussex and Essex it also runs across the estuary of the River Thames and the Strait of Dover.",null],"lnksHoverSummaryImgURL":[null,"","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/wales_monmouthshire.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/castle1.webp","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Kent England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Hascall","sU":"HASKELL","oC":"WA","o":"Welsh","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/HASKELL/WA/Hascall/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","c2":"/dpreview/ANDERSON/SC/Anderson/family-crest-coat-of-arms.png","v":"1","sections":["","SettlersUS","SettlersCA","SettlersAU","SettlersNZ","SettlersZA","SettlersWI","Settlers","ContemporaryNotable","ContemporaryNotables","HistoricEvents","RelatedStories","Motto","SuggestedReading","Citations",""]}
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