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Monmouth and the Floods

John Newman ends the introduction to his account of Monmouth in his fine new volume in the Buildings of Wales series by observing that the building of the by-pass in the 1960s, while essential to the survival of the town, unfortunately cut it off from the River Wye, its economic life-blood in previous centuries. But the Wye and its tributary the Monnow, which hold Monmouth in a tight grip, have done more than give the town its livelihood, as recent experience has once again reminded its citizens.