ABERGAVENNY, a large, populous, and flourishing town in Monmouthshire, seated at the confluence of the rivers Usk and Gaveny. It has a fine bridge.
Abernethy bridge over the Usk, consisting of fifteen arches; and being a great thoroughfare from the west part of Wales to Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, and other places, is well furnished with accommodations for travellers. It is surrounded with a wall, and had once a castle. It is governed by a bailiff, a recorder, and twenty-seven burgesses; has two markets, one on Wednesdays, and the other on Fridays; and carries on a considerable trade in flannels, which are brought hither for sale from the other parts of the county. Its fairs are on May 14, for lean horned cattle and sheep; on the first Tuesday after Trinity-Sunday, for linen and woollen cloth; and on the 25th of September, for flannels, hogs, and horses. It is 142 miles distant from London. W. Long. 2. 45. Lat. 51. 50.