Alfred Wallace was born in the Welsh village of Llanbadoc, near Usk, Monmouthshire.

Gobannium was a Roman fort guarding the road along the valley of the River Usk which linked the legionary fortress of Burrium ( Usk ) and later Isca Augusta or Isca Silurum, ( Caerleon ) in the south with Y Gaer, Brecon and Mid Wales.

Adam of Usk, a one-time supporter of Glyndŵr, made the following entry in his Chronicle under the year 1415: After four years in hiding, from the king and the realm, Owain Glyndŵr died, and was buried by his followers in the darkness of night.

By the late 17th century, the electorate of the three seats comprised the resident freemen of Monmouth, Newport and Usk, and after the Great Reform Act of 1832 the constituency was generally referred to as the Monmouth Boroughs.

It was found on the west bank of the River Usk, which runs through the city centre, during the building of the Riverfront Arts Centre ; from which process it sustained some damage.

The original river Uck name was most likely related to the ancient Celtic word for ' water ' or ' stream ' - Uisge, derivations uske, usci, that give river names still existing such as the Usk.

From the apparent banishment of Turstin by William II, it was held from 1088 by Wynebald de Ballon, brother of Hamelin de Ballon who held Abergavenny further up the Usk.

:" For it was located in a delightful spot in Glamorgan, on the River Usk, not far from the Severn Sea.

Historically housing was largely located on the west bank of the River Usk between Caerleon Bridge and the University campus along with a small number of houses on the east bank.

His principal antagonist was a Seisyll ap Dyfnwal, of Castell Arnallt near Llanover in the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, whom he blamed for the death of his uncle Henry.

Elizabeth de Clare ( 16 September 1295 – 4 November 1360 ) was the heiress to the lordships of Clare, Suffolk in England and Usk in Wales.

Elizabeth was forced to exchange Usk for Gower, which was less valuable.

The Roman legionary fortress of Burrium was founded on the site of Usk by the military commander Aulus Didius Gallus, around AD 55.

Although the site was constricted by hills, subject to flooding, and not on a navigable river, it offered good communications inland up the River Usk.

The fortress at Usk was surrounded by ramparts and covered a large area.

Usk was the birthplace of Adam of Usk.

The first stone bridge at Usk, replacing one of wood, was built around 1750 to the designs of Welsh architect William Edwards.

The process, known as Pontypool japan, was first developed in the west by Thomas Allgood of nearby Pontypool and was taken on in Usk in 1763 by his grandsons Thomas and Edward Allgood.

However, output declined with changing fashions in the 19th century, and the last Usk japanware was produced in 1860 on the site of what is now Bunning's builders merchants.

Usk Tennis Club was Tennis Wales " Club of the Year " for 2006.

Blorenge overlooks the market town of Abergavenny and the villages of Llanfoist and Govilon in the Usk Valley to the north.

The Offa's Dyke Path is close by and the Marches Way, the Beacons Way and Usk Valley Walk all pass through the town.

However, as a border town, its prosperity suffered after nearby areas, including Usk and Grosmont, were devastated through attacks by supporters of Owain Glyndŵr around 1405, though Monmouth itself did not come under attack.

Usk () is a small town in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, situated northeast of Newport.

It is located on the River Usk, which is spanned by an arched stone bridge at the western entrance to the town.

The Roman remains are buried on the southern side of the town, but the extent of the Roman forts at Usk may be traced on the ground by means of plaques set into the pavement.

HM Prison Usk is situated close to the centre of the town.

The sister establishment of HM Prison Usk is HM Prison Prescoed, which is located 3 miles to the south-west of the town towards Pontypool.

Usk was twinned with the German town Graben-Neudorf in Baden-Württemberg in 1980.

The town was the birthplace of the priest and chronicler Adam of Usk, around 1352.

Image: Usk, Wales. jpg | General view of the town

Cwmbrân is a new town established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield ; though there is evidence that Neolithic and Bronze Age people used the area, with the Iron Age Silures tribe also occupying the region before being subdued by the Roman legions based at nearby Usk and Caerleon.

It is derived from the River Honddu, which meets the River Usk near the town centre, a short distance away from the River Tarell which enters the Usk a few hundred metres upstream.

The confluence of the Honddu and the River Usk made for a valuable defensive position for the Norman castle which overlooks the town, built by Bernard de Neufmarche in the late 11th century.

Passenger services to Usk and Monmouth ended in 1955, and the line to Neath and Swansea ( which also stopped at a station called Pontypool Clarence Street on the edge of the town centre ) closed in 1964-the latter being the only rail service in the area which actually did fall victim to Dr Beeching.

The architecture of the town includes many buildings in ornate styles dating from the boom period of the Victorian and Edwardian eras including the Metropole and the Glen Usk hotels, the Albert Hall theatre and former county hall building adjacent to it.

The town lies on the River Usk, on the southern edge of the Black Mountains and in the eastern part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Llangorse Lake is also nearby, as is the town of Crickhowell, some downhill to the east in the valley of the River Usk.

When he first surveyed the line, it was to run from the Glangrwyney Ironworks near Gilwern to the River Usk at Newbridge, near Caerleon, but the northern terminus was then extended to Brecon, and negotiations with the Monmouthshire Canal resulted in a revised line, with the two canals joining at Pontymoile.

The campus is situated on the banks of the River Usk in the City Centre and is the first phase of an intended £ 50m development for the University.

His replacement was Steve Watson, and the band entered the Loco Studio in Usk, South Wales to record their first album, Life Sucks ... And Then You Die !, which was released in 1988.

This canal was first proposed in 1792 as a separate venture, to link Brecon to the River Usk near Caerleon.

The section from the A40 junction at Raglan to the A472 junction at Usk, known as the New Midlands Road, was one of the first sections to be dualled, opening on 16 October 1970.