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Llanthony photos

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Llanthony maps

Historic maps of Llanthony and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Llanthony maps

Llanthony map

Historic map of Llanthony

Gwent map

Illustrated Victorian map of Gwent

Llanthony map

Historic Map of any Llanthony postcode

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Llanthony books

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Chepstow Then and Now Photographic Memories
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Around Abergavenny Photographic Memories
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Llanthony books
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Memories of Llanthony

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Mill Cottage and the Harrisons

The Llanthony Post Office was originally the Mill Cottage and my great great great grandparents George and Margaret Harrison lived there. Just across the track from there was the Mill which was three storeys high, and George was the Miller of Llanthony. They lived there, as recorded in the cenus's of 1841 through to 1861, and from then on their daughter... [more]

Shared on 09 October 2007 by Susan Harrison.

Gwent memories

My Great Grandfather's Memories

This is an excerpt from Frederick Rosher's diary written while on a visit to Trewyn Court, a family home, in 1850.
Sunday, 28th April. Went to Llanvihangel church in the carriage. There are no architectural beauties about it, it being within, perfectly plain and free from ornament, but its perfect simplicity and quietude is much more favourable for devotion than... [more]

Shared on 23 September 2009 by Cynthia Waterman.

Favourite outing

My family and I often walked to the River Usk, going down Pentre Road and crossing the Brecon Road. We used to have picnics on the side nearest St. Mary's church in Llanwenarth, and look in the water for tiny fish and insects. I particularly liked the flowers I found in the meadows nearby and picked large bunches to take back... [more]

Shared on 22 April 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy.

Abergavenny "Mountains"

The Deri, Rholben, Llanwenarth Breast, Big Skirrid, Little Skirrid etc. would be regarded as hills when compared to the mountains in Germany and Switzerland, but for us children they were real mountains, and we loved climbing them. This view of the Deri was practically the same as the one we had from our grandmother's garden in Albany Road, and in the... [more]

Shared on 21 April 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy.

Town Hall

I think this a picture of Abergavenny Town Hall, but am not sure. When we were staying in Abergavenny we lived outside, in Albany Road, on the way to the Rholben and the Deri, which we often climbed and as we didn't go into the town awfully much, only when my mother needed something, I have only vague memories of... [more]

Shared on 10 April 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy.

Cattle market

As far as I can remember, my brother and I were taken to this market only once, in August 1949, and we were most interested in the cattle. I have lovely photo of us stroking a calf there.

Shared on 10 April 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy.

Ascent of the Blorenge 1949

This picture reminds me of a photo my father took from the top of the Blorenge when we climbed it in August 1949. To start, we had to take the railway (closed in the 50's) to Gilwern or Govilon (I can't remember which!) and then begin our climb from there.  When they reached the top, my father and brother built a... [more]

Shared on 10 April 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy.

Churchgoing in the 40's

My grandparents lived in Abergavenny since 1934 in a beautiful dressed stone house called Maisemore in Albany Road, and every summer after the war my family and I went to stay with them for a month, that is, until my grandfather died in March 1950, when this happy time came to an end. During the war my mother, brother and... [more]

Shared on 10 April 2008 by Diana Dioszeghy.

Extracts From Llanthony & Gwent books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Llanthony, inspired by Frith photos.

Monmouthshire Photographic Memories

The beautiful landscape and the tranquillity indicated in this view give us the reason why William de Lacy chose to renounce the world and live a life of contemplation here in c1100.

This is an extract from Monmouthshire Photographic Memories.
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Around Alton Photographic Memories

The tranquillity of the Vale of Ewyas and its surrounding hills must have appealed to the Augustinian monks who founded a church here in 1108, possibly on a site where St David, the patron saint of Wales, had lived centuries earlier. Its Welsh name is Llanddewi Nant Honddu, meaning 'the church of St David on the Honddu brook'. The priory itself, built at... [more]

This is an extract from Around Alton Photographic Memories.
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Around Alton Photographic Memories

A mountain track from Longtown was known as 'rhiw cwrw' because it brought beer (cwrw) to the monks. Today's visitors can repair to the bar in the basement of the hotel, which occupies part of the west range of the abbey. Its roof probably dates from the late 18th century, but the steeper pitch of an earlier medieval roof can be seen in the... [more]

This is an extract from Around Alton Photographic Memories.
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