Abergavenny (), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Reference to a market at Abergavenny is found in a charter granted to the Prior by William de Braose ( d. 1211 ).

A cattle market has been held in Abergavenny on its current site since 1863.

Today the market is leased and operated by Abergavenny Market Auctioneers Ltd., who hold regular livestock auctions on the site.

Doubts about the future of Abergavenny Cattle Market have been raised following the granting of planning permission by Monmouthshire County Council for demolition of the cattle market, and its subsequent replacement by a supermarket, car park, and library.

In January 2012, the Welsh Government announced the repeal the Abergavenny Improvement Acts of 1854 to 1871 which obliged the holding of a livestock market within the boundaries of Abergavenny town ; that repeal being effective from 26 March 2012.

Monmouthshire County Council, which requested that the Abergavenny Improvement Acts be repealed, is supporting plans for a new cattle market to be established about ten miles from Abergavenny at Raglan.

Their nickname is either ' The Thursdays ', or either ' The Butchers ' ( due to Abergavenny's famous cattle market and resultant meat markets ) or ' The Pennies ', as the ground is situated in a part of the town known as Pen-y-pound and cockney rhyming slang for a penny is ' an Abergavenny '.

Abergavenny is a market town in Monmouthshire in south east Wales, with a castle.

It takes its name from the Welsh language name of Abergavenny, a market town in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.

Blorenge overlooks the market town of Abergavenny and the villages of Llanfoist and Govilon in the Usk Valley to the north.

Abergavenny grew as a town in early Norman times under the protection of the Lords of Abergavenny.

They were able to open the gate and allow a much larger party who set fire to the town and plundered its churches and homes leaving Abergavenny Castle intact.

During September the town holds the Abergavenny Food Festival.

* Abergavenny town walls

Regular bus services run between the town and Hereford, Ross-on-Wye, Coleford, Chepstow, Newport and Abergavenny.

The castle was largely destroyed in the early 15th century by Owain Glyndŵr's forces who also attacked and burned Abergavenny town and other settlements in the area.

This had been opened in 1816 as part of the Hay Railway, a tram-road worked by horses connecting the town of Hay with the Brecknock and Abergavenny Canal at Brecon.

Neither Monmouth town nor its castle were attacked during the rebellion of Owain Glyndŵr, although nearby Abergavenny and Grosmont were burned down during the uprising, and the town suffered from the devastation in surrounding areas.

Abergavenny is promoted as the " Gateway to Wales ".

Abergavenny Tennis Club also play at Pen-y-Pound and plays in the South Wales Doubles League and Aegon Team Tennis.

* Abergavenny hosted the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1838 and 1913.

* BBC, South East Wales – Feature on Abergavenny

* the seven hills of Abergavenny, South Wales, United Kingdom

It passes through, or close to, the towns of Chepstow, Monmouth, Abergavenny, Hay-on-Wye, Kington, Knighton, Montgomery and then in and around the North Wales towns and villages of Llangollen, Llandegla, Clwyd Gate, Bodfari and Dyserth.

It is about southwest of Hereford, just south of the A465 road to Abergavenny, and about from the border with Wales.

Gerald of Wales exonerates him and emphasises the religious piety of de Braose and his wife and de Braose generosity to the priories of Abergavenny and Brecon.

* Biggest League of Wales win: 6-0 v. Abergavenny Thursdays in 1993.

Abergavenny Thursdays Football Club is a Welsh football team, a founder member of the League of Wales, but now playing in the Gwent County League Division 3.

Successive Welsh League championships in the two seasons leading up to the formation of the League of Wales in 1992, ensured Abergavenny ’ s participation in the inaugural season of the country ’ s new national league, but there the problems began.

* Biggest League of Wales win: 9-0 v Abergavenny Thursdays in 1993 and v Haverfordwest County in 1994.

* Penfold's Aunt: Penfold's formidable aunt from Abergavenny, Wales, who sends him cookies in the episode, " The Statue of Liberty Caper ".

The River Monnow valley was an important route between Hereford and South Wales in medieval times, due to its position as an area of relatively open land, which provided a break between the river cliffs of the Wye Valley to the east, and the hills around Abergavenny to the west.

and Rees, W., “ The Lordships of Abergavenny, Grosmont, Skenfrith and White Castle: Accounts of the Ministers for the year 1256-57 ”, South Wales and Monmouth Record Society Publications, 2 ( 1953 ), pp. 68 – 125 ; 3 ( 1954 ), pp. 22 – 47

It can also lead to confusion with the village and parish, Llanelly, which is in south-east Wales near Abergavenny.

Llanfoist () is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales, near Abergavenny.

Whilst some of the migrants left, many settled and established in the South Wales valleys between Swansea and Abergavenny, English speaking communities with a unique identity.

Upon his return to Britain he trained as a pharmacist in Abergavenny, Wales.

He was born in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales the son of George Nevill, 4th Baron Bergavenny and Margaret Fenne, daughter of Sir Hugh Fenne, sub-treasurer of England.

On the Ordnance Survey map, ' Abergavenny and the Black Mountains, Wales sheet 161 ' ( 1: 50, 000 series ) and even better depicted on the more detailed 1: 25, 000 series at the Black Hill itself is shown, towards Craswall.

Owen Sheers was born in Suva, Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales.

The system is based on GSM and EIRENE-MORANE specifications which guarantee performance at speeds up to 500 km / h ( 310 mph ), without any communication loss. GSM-R mast and cabinet, Abergavenny, Wales