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.","The First Fleet departed from Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, on May 13, 1787 and sailed for around 250 days. The fleet was comprised of eleven ships - six prison ships, three equipment ships, and two navy ships, Sirius and Supply. After an extremely long journey, the First Fleet finally arrived at Botany Bay, located in Sydney, New South Wales, between January 18 and 20, 1788.","Suffolk is in East Anglia on the East side of England, bordered by Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex, it has a coast line in the North Sea. It has extensive farming and arable land with areas of outstanding natural beauty with its hill and the wetland area of the Broads. With many archeology finds over the years from eras like the Stone Age, Bronze Age and the famous Sutton Hoo one of England’s most significant Anglo-Saxon finds. ","England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It occupies more than half of the land of the area. It shares its borders with Wales to the West and Scotland the to its north. Laced by great rivers and small streams, England is a fertile land which has supported a thriving agricultural economy for millenia.","Wales, or Cymru a region of rugged mountains, Moors and forests, is noted for its large coal deposits. Its people are known for their strong Celtic heritage and renowned choral groups. This region was originally populated by an Iberian people, who were overrun by the Celts in the 6th century BC.","Located in the South West area on the English Channel coast line, Dorsetshire’s (Dorset) border was extended in 1974, where it borders Devon, Somerset, Wilshire and Hampshire. Half of its population lives in the South East Dorset conurbation with the rest of the area largely rural and low population density. It has a long history of settlement back to the Neolithic era. ","Located in the East Midlands region, Derbyshire includes much of the Peak District National Park. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. Centrally located, it consists of rolling hills and uplands. First visitors were briefly there around the Aveley Interglacial, but it became occupied around Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic periods.","With coast line along the English Channel and access routes to the Isle of Wright, Hampshire (Hants) has two of the largest cities well known in history, Southampton and Portsmouth which are administered separately. Originally named after Southampton which was a settlement, it is now one of the most affluent counties in England. Home to famous writers Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, as well as the childhood home of Florence Nightingale and birth place of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It has been occupied since the end of the last Ice Age around 12,000 BCE when sea levels were lower and the land bridge was too attached to Europe. ","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/Buckinghamshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/bayeux1.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Northumberland England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/books2.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Yorkshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/scotland-med2.webp","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Leicestershire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/wales_monmouthshire.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/first_fleet_ship.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Suffolk England.webp?pos=floatRight","","","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Dorset England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Derbyshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Hampshire England.webp?pos=floatRight","/cdn/webp/i/kb/200w/Kent England.webp?pos=floatRight",null],"mode":"f","s":"Ingram","sU":"INGRAM","oC":"EN","o":"English","o2":null,"cOk":true,"c":"/dpreview/INGRAM/EN/Ingram/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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