Llanthony, Gwent
Llanthony maps
Historic maps of Llanthony and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Llanthony maps
Historic map of Llanthony
Illustrated Victorian map of Gwent
Historic Map of any Llanthony postcode
Llanthony books
Displaying 2 of 2 books about Llanthony and the local area. View all Llanthony books
Chepstow Then and Now Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Around Abergavenny Photographic Memories
Paperback
£13
6 Llanthony photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
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
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
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
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
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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