Resource Afternoon

Our next Resource Afternoon will take place on Monday, 14th April at the Shirenewton Recreational Hall at 2.00
We have purchased the Newchurch Parish Map with the apportionment details from the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth. Anyone interested in this parish will want to see who owned what , and when and how much!
We also have the latest volume of The History of Gwent, Vol ll
Two of our members have very kindly donated books to our library:
The Welsh Border, Trevor Rowley. Archaeology, History and Landscape.
Five very interesting booklets on Chepstow and the surrounding area by Ivor Waters.
Hopefully our new storage will be installed very soon and we will be able to display and store our archive in some sort of order.


We have been invited by Elizabeth Walker to visit the 'Origins' exhibition at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff on Saturday, 26th April at 2.30
Elizabeth will personally take us around the exhibition, the tour will take 3/4 hour, with questions it will take in total around 1 hour. we can then wonder at our leisure around the museum. Please let us know if you intend to go on this visit, there is no charge but there is a maximum number we are allowed to take. If you require a lift please let us know and we will try of organise one.


Our April meeting will take place at The Huntsman Hotel , Shirenewton on Tuesday, 29th April at 7.30 . The speaker will be Roger Evans who will give a talk entitled 'Roman Medicine'. Not to be missed!

Local History Workshop

Safeguarding Local History

The workshops are being held in Monmouth and Chepstow. Each session is for 2 hours long with refreshments provided and Free.

All sessions 1.30 to 3.30
Monmouth Bridges Centre
Wednesday March 5
Wednesday March 12
Wednesday April 2

Chepstow Methodist Hall
Friday March 7
Friday March 14
Friday April 4

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You can reseve your place by telephoning Diana Bevan on 01600 860046