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Abergavenny

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Abergavenny (Abergafenni or Y Fenni) Mon. Gobannio 4th cent., Abergavenni 1175. ‘Mouth of the River Gafenni’. Welsh aber. The river name probably means ‘the smith’, referring to the ironworks exploited here by the Romans, whose fort was Gobannum, from the same Celtic source.

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Abergavenny

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Abergavenny (Welsh: Y Fenni), Wales/UK Gobannio ‘(Place at the) Mouth of the (River) Gafenni’ from aber and the river name, possibly meaning ‘forge’, a reference to the ironworks here. The Roman fort was called Gobannum, a name clearly associated with that of the river.

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