a market-town and river-port of England, county of Monmouth, on the Wye, 2 miles from its junction with the Severn, and 135 miles from London. Pop. (1851) 4295. It occupies the slope of a hill on the western bank of the river, and is environed by scenery of much beauty and grandeur. The town is generally well built, and the streets are broad and clean. The church, originally the conventual chapel of a Benedictine priory, has been recently restored to its former dimensions by the rebuilding of the chancel and transepts. The western entrance and other parts are richly decorated, and the interior contains many interesting monuments. The castle, founded in the eleventh century by W. Fitz-Osborn Earl of Hereford, and almost wholly rebuilt in the thirteenth, is still a magnificent pile. It stands on the summit of a cliff, the base of which is washed by the Wye and occupies about three acres of ground. The river is crossed by a fine iron bridge of five arches, erected in 1816. It is 532 feet in length, 20 feet wide, and the middle arch has a span of 112 feet. The river is navigable for large vessels as far as the bridge; but barges of from 18 to 30 tons can ascend as far as Hereford. From the narrowness and depth of the channel the tide rises suddenly and to a great height, frequently above 50, and it is said even to 70 feet, forming a dangerous bore. There are no manufactures, but the export trade is considerable. During 1852, 401 vessels of 10,712 tons entered, and 113 vessels of 7491 tons cleared at the port; and in the end of that year 58 vessels of 2533 tons were registered as belonging to the port. The exports are bark, iron, coal, cider, and millstones, large quantities of timber to the royal dockyards, and of grain to Bristol.