About ALHS
Aims
- To promote the local community’s knowledge of and interest in history
- To provide local historical and general interest information for visitors
- To support Abergavenny Museum and Castle
What the Society does
Its activities consist of a programme of talks, visits and research. The Research Group maintains the Street Survey alongside a varied programme of research activities and publications.
In addition to the Street Survey, the Society:
- Created and maintains the Victorian Garden next to Abergavenny Museum.
- Devised and erected the Ceramic Plaques Trail around the town, which was researched by the Society with local schools.
- Erected Blue Plaques around town.
- Produces publications about the history of Abergavenny.
- Produces a journal, the Gobbanium Gazette.