In 1804, local author and printer Charles Heath (1761-1830)[REF][REF] published his Historical and descriptive accounts of the ancient and present state of the town of Monmouth.
Keith Edward Kissack (1913-2010),[REF] author and former curator of the Nelson Museum and History Centre,[REF] indicated that, previously, if a building in Monmouth was valued at less than £10, its residents did not have to pay the poor rate.