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The Old County Gaol At Monmouth

Drawn by WH Greene

From the Scrapbook of William Henry Greene, page 214
© Newport Past 2004. Photographed by arrangement with Torfaen Museum Trust.

John Frost, Zephaniah Williams and William Jones were imprisoned here.
The gallows were built on the roof of the gatehouse within earshot of the condemned men.

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The gaol was closed in 1869 and the prisoners transferred to the new gaol in Usk.
It was demolished in 1884.

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