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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.

Monmouth Gaol

From "The Chartist Riots At Newport" W N Johns, 1889

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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