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'''Gwent''' is the area of south-easternmost Wales, bordering on the [[Marches|Welsh Marches]] of southwest England. It is traditionally bounded on the east by the [[River Wye]], the border between England and Wales, and on the south by the [[River Severn|Severn Estuary]]. |
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==Places== |
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*[[Kingdom of Gwent]], a post-Roman Welsh kingdom or principality which existed in various forms between about the 5th and 11th centuries, although the name continued in use later |
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*[[Gwent (preserved county)]], a preserved county in Wales |
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*[[Gwent (former administrative county)]], a Welsh local authority between 1974 and 1996 |
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**The operational area of [[Gwent Police]] |
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*Gwent, a Celtic region which at one time covered part of modern-day [[History of Hampshire|Hampshire]] in England |
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==People== |
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The area has been occupied since the Paleolithic, with a famous Roman site at [[Caerleon]]. The medieval British kingdom of Gwent took a name that literally means 'place', or 'the place'. It came into existence after the Romans had left Britain and survived in various forms until the Norman invasion of the west in 1090 AD. The Anglo-Norman kingdom erected the essentially independent county of [[Monmouthshire]] in the area, naming it from their rebuilding of a fortified site, [[Monmouth]] where the Wye and the [[River Monnow]] flow together. The name "Gwent" continued in use as a geographical term for the plain around Newport ([[Gwent Levels]]). |
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*[[Gwilym Gwent]], adopted name of Welsh-born American composer William Aubrey Williams (1834–1891) |
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*[[Richard Gwent]] (died 1543), a chaplain of King Henry VIII and official in the Church of England |
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==Other uses== |
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"Gwent" was revived as an [[administrative county]] of Wales from [[1974]] to [[1996]]. It covered almost exactly the same area as the traditional county of [[Monmouthshire]]. It was abolished and replaced with various other entities, although it remains as one of the [[preserved counties of Wales]] used for ceremonial purposes, and the name 'Gwent' survives in various titles, e.g., [[Gwent Police]], [[Royal Gwent Hospital]], [[Gwent Theatre]], and the [[Newport Gwent Dragons]] rugby team. |
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* [[Coleg Gwent]], a further education college in Wales |
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*A card game in ''[[The Witcher]]'' novels by Andrzej Sapkowski |
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In [[2003]] the preserved county of Gwent expanded to cover the whole of [[Caerphilly (county borough)|Caerphilly]] county borough. |
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** A card game in the 2015 video game ''[[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]]'' |
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** ''[[Gwent: The Witcher Card Game]]'', a 2018 video game based on the card game |
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The administrative area was divided into several districts : [[Blaenau Gwent]], [[Islwyn]], [[Monmouth]], [[Newport]] and [[Torfaen]]. |
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*An alien spaceship in the 1970s British science-fiction television series [[Space: 1999]] |
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*One of two captains in the comedy science-fiction novel [[Colony (Rob Grant novel)|Colony]] |
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*[[Newport|City of Newport]] |
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*[[Blaenau Gwent]] |
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*[[Torfaen]] |
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*[[Caerphilly (county borough)|Caerphilly]] (part of which came from [[Mid Glamorgan]]) |
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*[[Monmouthshire]] |
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==See also== |
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*[[Subdivisions of Wales]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://gwent-county-history-association.newport.ac.uk/ Ralph A. Griffiths, general editor, ''Gwent County History,'' University of Wales, 5 vols, 2004 — ] |
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{{disambiguation|geo|surname}} |
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[[Category:Preserved counties of Wales]] |
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[[Category:Traditional county of Monmouthshire]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:18, 21 May 2022
Gwent may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Kingdom of Gwent, a post-Roman Welsh kingdom or principality which existed in various forms between about the 5th and 11th centuries, although the name continued in use later
- Gwent (preserved county), a preserved county in Wales
- Gwent (former administrative county), a Welsh local authority between 1974 and 1996
- The operational area of Gwent Police
- Gwent, a Celtic region which at one time covered part of modern-day Hampshire in England
People
[edit]- Gwilym Gwent, adopted name of Welsh-born American composer William Aubrey Williams (1834–1891)
- Richard Gwent (died 1543), a chaplain of King Henry VIII and official in the Church of England
Other uses
[edit]- Coleg Gwent, a further education college in Wales
- A card game in The Witcher novels by Andrzej Sapkowski
- A card game in the 2015 video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, a 2018 video game based on the card game
See also
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