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'''Gwent''' may refer to: |
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[[Image:WalesGwent.png|frame|Gwent as a [[preserved counties of Wales|preserved county]] since 2003.]] |
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'''Gwent''' is the area of south-easternmost Wales, in the [[Marches|Welsh Marches]]. 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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The area has been occupied since the Paleolithic, with a famous Roman site at [[Caerleon]]. |
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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 mediæval British kingdom of Gwent was the area between the rivers [[River Usk|Usk]] and Wye, and 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 [[Normans|Norman]] invasion of the west in 1067-91 AD. The Normans partitioned the area into the lordships of Abergavenny, Monmouth, Striguil (Chepstow) and Usk. |
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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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The lordships were the basic units of administration for the next 450 or so years, until [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] passed the [[Acts of Union 1536-1543|Laws in Wales Act 1535]]. This Act abolished the marcher lordships and established the county of [[Monmouthshire]] out of them — combining the lordships of Newport ([[Gwynllwg]]) and Caerleon east of the river Usk and Abergavenny, Monmouth, Usk and Chepstow to the west of it. |
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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 the 19th and 20th centuries, writers began using the name "Gwent" in a romantic literary way to describe Monmouthshire, and in the local government re-organisations of 1974/5, many new administrative areas in Britain were named after mediæval kingdoms — such as [[Cumbria]], [[Strathclyde]] and "Gwent". This latter authority covered almost exactly the same area as the [[Traditional counties of Wales|traditional county]] of Monmouthshire and therefore ''not'' the same area as the previous kingdom. It was only to last for 22 years though, as in the next wave of local government reform in 1996, it was abolished. |
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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 name however remains as one of the [[preserved counties of Wales]] used for ceremonial purposes, and it also survives in various titles, e.g., [[Gwent Police]], Royal Gwent Hospital, the Gwent Levels and the [[Newport Gwent Dragons]] rugby team. |
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*An alien spaceship in the 1970s British science-fiction television series [[Space: 1999]] |
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When it existed, the administrative area was divided into several districts : [[Blaenau Gwent]], [[Islwyn]], [[Monmouth (district)|Monmouth]], [[Newport]] and [[Torfaen]]. |
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*One of two captains in the comedy science-fiction novel [[Colony (Rob Grant novel)|Colony]] |
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The successor unitary authorities are: |
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*City of [[Newport]] |
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*[[Blaenau Gwent]] county borough |
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*[[Torfaen]] county borough |
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*[[Caerphilly (county borough)|Caerphilly]] county borough (part of which came from [[Mid Glamorgan]]) |
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*[[Monmouthshire]] (which covers the eastern half of the traditional county) |
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In [[2003]] the preserved county of Gwent expanded to cover the whole of [[Caerphilly (county borough)|Caerphilly]] county borough. [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/wales/wsi2003/20030974e.htm] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Monmouthshire]] |
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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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{{Wales preserved counties}} |
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[[Category:Preserved counties of Wales]] |
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[[Category:Traditional county of Monmouthshire]] |
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[[cy:Gwent]] |
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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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