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  • Archives

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    Ewyas Lacy Hundred Probate Documents 1660 – 1858 Produced by Longtown Historical Society Archive Group With support from The Heritage Lottery Fund and the Local Heritage Initiative The Archive project Ewyas Lacy is part of the border country of the Marches, which means that records of its turbulent local history since Norman times are widely…

  • Library

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    Library A list of library books available for members to borrow is given below. This list is regularly updated. Books can be borrowed at meetings of the Society – first Monday of the month.  Author (Surname first), Title, Published by/date A Abergavenny Local History Society, A Town remembers. Memories of Wartime Abergavenny. 1939 – 1945,…

  • The Archive Project

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    The Archive project Ewyas Lacy is part of the border country of the Marches, which means that records of its turbulent local history since Norman times are widely scattered throughout both England and Wales. The Archive project aimed to find these records and bring references to them together into a comprehensive, fully searchable framework for…

  • The Hundred and Manor of Ewyas Lacy

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    The Hundred and Manor of Ewyas Lacy Still a wild area today echoing to the cries of buzzards and ravens, before the Conquest this district was a Welsh commote known as Ewyas. Hundreds were already an established feature of much of England by the 10th century, but west of the Golden Valley, Ewyas remained frontier country beyond…