Hi
What an excellent site.
Doubtful about the comment though . Surely this is a chicken and egg case.
e,g, no railway because no need ?
Both Usk and Monmouth had a railway later on, of course.
AL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Watkins" <Hugh_Watkins(a)msn.com>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Mon] MAPS OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerri Linke" <jlinke(a)wecnet.com>
To: <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 9:25 PM
Subject: [Mon] MAPS OF MONMOUTHSHIRE
> This is such a wise and informative group....I just know there must be
> someone who knows of a site (s) which has GOOD (uncluttered) maps of
> Monmouthshire with Abergavenny/Rumney/Rhymey/Tredegar well shown......!
>
http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/tallis/
Maps - study Tallis's fine county maps of Wales and the Marches, circa
1850.
This section provides access to high resolution images of
Tallis's 1850
maps of the thirteen Welsh counties, together with the four
English border counties (the Marches).
Monmouth (625K)
http://home.clara.net/wfha/wales/tallis/maps/mon.htm
note Usk and Monmouth have no railway so this was the beginning of their
decline in
importance
Hugh W
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