Books & Leaflets
Most of these are available from local outlets such as Abergavenny Museum, Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre etc. Some can be purchased by members before the talks. For more details contact alhs@live.co.uk
Booklets and Leaflets for local Walks
The walks you can download from the Walks page include the Trails and Tails for Families series which are also available from Abergavenny Tourist Information Centre and from Abergavenny Museum, along with A Walk Round Abergavenny – contact us if you have trouble finding a copy
Trails and Tales for Families:
Wigs, Flannels, Normans and Romans.. for a taster of Abergavenny history, follow a trail round the Children’s Plaques
Parks and Gardens …. Just a few of the parks and gardens of Abergavenny for you to discover
Chapels and Churches: Dissenters, Recusants & Anglicans ... a trail around some Abergavenny churches and chapels
A Walk Around Abergavenny (2nd Edition) Leaflet by Gwyn Jones and revised by I M Morgan; illustrations by Michael Blackmore.
Also available from ALHS:
Taith Trwy'r Hanes Y Fenni/ Abergavenny: A Walk through History - A bilingual booklet walking you through a history trail in Abergavenny with splendid photographs. Very suitable also as a souvenir for visitors. Only £2.50. (£2 for members)
Free publications to download
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 it here.
A Town Remembers, memories of Wartime Abergavenny 1939-1945. This book was first published by ALHS in 2002 and can now be downloaded here.
Publications currently available from ALHS
Discovering Abergavenny: Archaeology & History (2nd Edition) by Frank Olding
This popular book has been completely revised with much new information that has come to light since last published in 2012. This has altered some of our ideas about the periods covered as well as some startling new information.
Purchasing Information: The new book is normally available to ALHS members at just £12. Non-members can purchase a copy for £15 (+£2 for p & p). SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE £5 for all. We can deliver, free, through people’s letterboxes within Abergavenny.
Hell Let Loose 3rd Battalion: The Monmouthshire Regiment in World War 1 by Frank Olding (£3 for members)
Gobannium: The Romans in Abergavenny by Frank Olding. Book published by Abergavenny Local History Society, August 2009. RRP £5.00.
Charcoal Burning in Fforest Coal Pit & the Grwyne Valley by Shirley Rippin with illustrations by
Michael Blackmore. It includes a walk featuring charcoal pit sites and information about the local
charcoal industry. Published by Abergavenny Local History Society, April 2013.
Other publications available through ALHS
Caroline Peirce's Recipe Book - Transcribed from a document held in Gwent Archives, this book contains recipes collected in the second half of the nineteenth century by a lady living in Llangattock from friends and relations nearby in Crickhowell and beyond. Here you will find recipes for anything from biscuits to face cream. £10 for members, £13 for non-members (+£2 for p&p).
Other ALHS publications
More items published by ALHS, some in print and some only available in the Local History collection in Abergavenny Library or second-hand online, are listed here : Other ALHS Publications