- ... that King Arthur's Cave, near Ganarew, to the northeast of Monmouth, is reputedly older than any other Arthurian site?
- ... that during the Popish Plot, on Sunday 17 November 1678, John Arnold of Monmouthshire captured Father David Lewis at St Michael's Church, Llantarnam and he was later executed?
- ... that there were so many pubs in Monmouth's market place that they said "A gin court here, a gin court there, No wonder they call it Agincourt Square"?
- ... that Lady Llangattock, the mother of Charles Rolls, commemorated the centenary of Nelson's death at The Kymin?