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  • February headstone - Meredith Kenvin

    For the first headstone to feature in our monthly update I have chosen the grave of a local man Meredith Kenvin who died in 1865 aged 71 years. You will see that he lived and worked at the Clydach Iron Works before moving to Aberbaiden. He was employed as an "iron baller". I have found Read more

  • Help needed!

    Are you a whizz at Word Processing and using MS Word?Not interested in carrying out any actual research but would like to help the Family and Social History group? We need help typing up and editing our Living Stones and oral histories research so that it can be presented in a consistent format and made Read more

  • Are you interested in joining us?

    Why not consider joining us on our quest to reveal the forgotten narratives of our village and the surrounding area as we reveal the stories behind the inscriptions etched on the historic headstones of our local church. Do any of the following apply to you: Please contact me for more information on 07393 296375 or Read more

  • Living Stones - January Update

    This is proving to be a challenging, yet fascinating project and we are making good progress. There are 5 plots around the churchyard (A - E) and we estimate there are almost 1,000 graves. Progress at the start was slow due to access problems and many headstones being very difficult to read. We are indebted Read more

Gilwern, Monmouthshire