Downloads
ALHS, A Town Remembers, memories of Wartime Abergavenny 1939-1945. This book was first published by ALHS in 2002 Download here.
ALHS, Blue Plaques Trail. You can access and print out a route around the refurbished blue plaques which mark significant historical sites in Abergavenny. Download here.
ALHS, Charcoal Walk: This was designed to complement Shirley Rippin’s book The Charcoal Industry of Fforest Coalpit & the Grwyne Fawr Valley This walk takes you around some of the sites mentioned in Shirley Rippin’s book (now out of print). Download the route description here.
ALHS, Abergavenny Tales and Trails. More stories from the past for children to share with adults. Download here.
ALHS, Abergavenny Tales and Trails (No 2). More stories from the past for children to share with adults. Download here.
ALHS, Abergavenny Tales and Trails (No 3). Our third book of stories from the past for children to share with an adult. Download here.
ALHS, Trails and Tales for Families: Chapels and Churches: Dissenters, Recusants and Anglicans … a trail around some Abergavenny churches and chapels. Download here.
ALHS, Trails and Tales for Families: Wigs, Flannels, Normans and Romans …for a taster of the history of Abergavenny, follows a trail round the Children’s Plaques. Download here.
ALHS, Trails and Tales for Families: Parks and Gardens …. Just a few of the parks and gardens of Abergavenny. Download here.
ALHS, Young ALHS Abergavenny History for Children (and their parents and grandparents) From the ALHS Website. Download here.
Alison Newsam and Liz Davies, Wendy Boston and the Bears: the Toy Industry in Abergavenny and Crickhowell. This book tells the story of Wendy Boston and her toy business that became famous world-wide. Download here.
Ethel Lina White – for more information on this famous local author. Download Here.
Research Group
The Research Group aims to make as much of their work available to the public as possible. Below are some of the documents with our databases and transcriptions.
Llantilio Pertholey Parish Records 1591-1689 (Excel file) – Llantilio Pertholey
Old Hereford Road Cemetery Burial Book (Excel file) – OHR Headstone Survey
Old Hereford Road Cemetery Plan – Cemetery Plan
St Mary’s Abergavenny Vestry Book 1707 to 1804 D874/92 – Vestry Book
St Mary’s Parish Registers:
Book 1: Births/baptisms 1652-77, Marriages 1653-74, Burials 1652-77 – StMarysBk1
Book 2: Births/baptisms 1677-1707, Marriages 1692-1706, Burials 1678-1719 – StMarysBk2
Book 3: Births/baptisms 1719-68, Marriages 1719-68, Burials 1719-68 – StMarysBk3
Book 4: Births/baptisms 1769-1800, Burials 1769-1800 – StMarysBk4
Book 5: Births/baptisms 1801-12, Burials 1801-12 – StMarysBk5
Marriages Books: 1719-1797 – StMarysMarriages
St. Mary’s Research Group Documents – St Mary’s Research Documents
The Abergavenny Improvements Commissioners Minute Book 1794-1822 D874/1.
We are currently working on the next volume – Improvement Commissioners
The History of Abergavenny Castle 1800 to 1959 – Castle History