Plaques

 

Ceramic Plaques

The standing stones with ceramic inserts by the Eisteddfod ring of stones in Swan Meadows that illustrate some of the history of Lady and Lord Llanover. Lady Llanover was a prime mover in re-establishing the Eisteddfod tradition. The stones were carved by Jane Turner  www.stonemasonandcarver.co.uk 
The Abergavenny Local History Society, together with local schools and two artists, Ned Heywood and Jane Turner designed a series of ceramic plaques to illustrate the history of some of the important sites in Abergavenny. These are situated around Abergavenny  at a suitable height for children and wheelchair users. They have a raised surface to assist people with impaired vision to understand the illustrations.

The Ceramic plaque of Roman Soldiers in Castle Street car park

An illustrated leaflet describing a walk connecting the sites, ‘Tales and Trails for Families’, published by Abergavenny & District Tourist Association in conjunction with Abergavenny Local History Society, is available from Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre and the Museum. You can also download a leaflet produced by Abergavenny Local History Society called ‘Wigs Flannels, Normans and Romans’ here.

Blue Plaques

The Abergavenny Local History Society has erected twenty-three Blue Plaques marking historical buildings in Abergavenny. A few of these are also marked by the ceramic and stone plaques.

A walk around some of the Blue Plaques, together with a little extra explanation, is now available on the Walks page and can be downloaded as a pdf here: Blue Plaques Trail.

The blue plaque at the site of a periwig hair bleacher in Neville Street

World War Two Commemorative Plaques

Two plaques have been commissioned to commemorate the evacuees who came to Abergavenny during WW2. One is at the Abergavenny Community Centre (previously Park Street School) where a whole school from Birmingham with their teachers were housed. The second can be found at the Old Station Surgery (previously Brecon Road Station) where many of the evacuees arrived before walking to the Town Hall to be allocated the families they were to stay with.