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

In Welsh, the shortened form Y Fenni may have come into use for a very short period after about the 15th century, although pronounced similarly in English or Welsh the English spelling Abergavenny is in general use.

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

Abergavenny railway station opened 2 January 1854 and is on the Welsh Marches Line.

It is also home to the Abergavenny Welsh society, Cymreigyddion y Fenni, and the local Abergavenny Eisteddfod.

Abergavenny is the home of Abergavenny Thursdays F. C., which was formed in 1927, and is currently a member of the Gwent County League Division 3.

Abergavenny Cricket Club is one of the oldest in the country and celebrated the 175th anniversary of its foundation in 2009.

Abergavenny is also the home of Abergavenny RFC, a rugby union club founded in 1875 who play at Bailey Park.

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

Monmouthshire County Council, which requested that the Abergavenny Improvement Acts be repealed, is supporting plans for a new cattle market to be established about ten miles from Abergavenny at Raglan.

* Lord Abergavenny is a character in William Shakespeare's play Henry VIII.

* In the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Abergavenny is mentioned by Stan Shunpike, the conductor of the Knight Bus when the bus takes a detour there to drop off a passenger.

* Malcolm Nash the cricketer famous for bowling to Gary Sobers who hit six sixes off one Nash over ( 36 runs ) is from Abergavenny.

* Abergavenny Castle is seized by the Welsh.

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

The Abergavenny Arms is a public house that has run in the village for a very long time under many managements.

It is 486 m high and lies just outside Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, about 10 miles from the English border.

The section between Abergavenny and Brecon has one of the highest points of the A40 which is above sea level and is located at Bwlch, which is Welsh for ' mountain pass '.

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.

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.

* Abergavenny, a market town in Wales

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

This resulted in great hostility against him among the Welsh, who named him the " Ogre of Abergavenny ".

In its own words, the diocese " covers the south east corner of Wales, from Monmouth south to Chepstow, westwards along the ' M4 corridor ' to Newport and the outskirts of Cardiff, northwards into the south eastern valleys and east into the rural areas around Usk, Raglan, Abergavenny and the Herefordshire border ".