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Chepstow reached the peak of its importance during the Napoleonic Wars, when its exports of timber, for ships, and bark, for leather tanning, were especially vital.
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He named it for the beautiful winding River Wye, noted for its sinuosity, whose source is near that of the Severn, rising almost at the summit of Plinhimmon, a mountain in Wales, it forms the boundary between the shores of Brecon and Radnor in South Wales, ere it enters Herefordshire, England, and thence flowing through this county, Ross and Monmouth, falls into the Severn near Chepstow.
One of the specific places mentioned is at Louhai ( Tintern parva, some 6 miles north of Chepstow ), where Maelgwn is claimed as a secular witness to its donation.
Chepstow Castle, situated on a clifftop above the Wye and its bridge, is often cited as the oldest surviving stone castle in Britain.
The port of Chepstow became noted in the Middle Ages for its imports of wine, and also became a major centre for the export of timber and bark, from nearby woodland in the Wye valley and Forest of Dean.
Chepstow is also well known for its racecourse, which has hosted the Welsh National each year since 1949.
Chepstow Castle was founded by William fitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, in 1067, and its Great Tower, often cited as the oldest surviving stone fortification in Britain, dates from that time or shortly afterwards.
The port of Chepstow developed during the mediaeval period, one reason being that its control by a Marcher Lord, rather than by the King, meant that it was exempt from English taxation.
From mediæval times, Chepstow was the largest port in Wales ; its ships sailed as far as Iceland and Turkey, as well as to France and Portugal, and the town was known for its imports of wine.
Chepstow was given its first charter in 1524, and became part of Monmouthshire when the county was formed.
Chepstow is located on the west bank of the River Wye, some north of its confluence with the Severn estuary.
Chepstow was granted a town charter in 1524 by its Marcher Lord, Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester.
Chepstow Urban District Council was abolished in 1974, when many of its functions were taken over by the new Monmouth District Council.
According to the 2001 Census, Chepstow had relatively high proportions of its population working in the retail and wholesale sectors of the economy ( 19. 6 %, compared with 16. 3 % for Wales as a whole ), property services ( 11. 3 %, compared with 8. 5 % across Wales ), and transport and communications ( 9. 4 % compared with 5. 5 % across Wales ).
Since its heyday as a centre for the " Wye Tour " in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Chepstow has remained an important centre for tourism.
< p > The " Bardsea " of the Pile of Fowdrey was wrecked off Strumble Head on 3 October 1763 laden with a cargo of iron and copper from Wicklow bound for Chepstow under its Master, John Kennel.
Chepstow Castle is situated on a narrow ridge between the limestone cliffs of the river and a valley, known locally as the Dell, to its landward side.
The speed with which William the Conqueror committed to the creation of a castle at Chepstow is testament to its strategic importance.
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 ".
In August that year, the Battalion moved again to its permanent home of Beachley Barracks at Chepstow still under 52 Brigade, whose HQ had departed for Afghanistan.
Brunel's original railway bridge over the Wye at Chepstow, before its 1962 replacement.
The " Great Tubular Bridge " over the River Wye at Chepstow, which at that point forms the boundary between Wales and England, is considered one of Brunel's major achievements, despite its appearance.
Chepstow and during
The castle changed hands three times during the English Civil War, and Oliver Cromwell passed through on his way to retaking Chepstow Castle and laying siege to Pembroke Castle in 1648.
In 1924, the company bought a shipyard on the River Wye in Chepstow, Wales, previously developed as National Shipyard No. 1 during the First World War and then taken over by the Monmouthshire Shipbuilding Company.
Chepstow and when
The first creation dates from 1138, when the Earldom of Pembroke was conferred by King Stephen on Gilbert de Clare ( d. 1148 ), son of Gilbert Fitz-Richard, who possessed the Lordship of Strigul ( Estrighoiel, in Domesday Book ), the modern Chepstow.
Through the action, or rather the inaction of the House of Lords, he was spared the death penalty, but he remained a captive, and was in prison at Chepstow Castle when he died some twenty years later.
So when it came to the revolutionary design at Chepstow, The Times of 24 February 1852, reported that “ Mr Stephenson, the eminent engineer, has examined the ( great railway ) bridge ( at Chepstow ) and concurred in the plan adopted by Mr Brunel ...”.
Chepstow and for
Opened in 1971, it is one of Britain's longest National Trails, stretching for from the Severn estuary at Sedbury, near Chepstow, to Prestatyn on the north Wales coast.
By the end of the 18th century, the town had become a popular centre for visitors undertaking the " Wye Tour ", an excursion by boat through the scenic Wye Valley taking in the picturesque sights of Ross-on-Wye, Goodrich, Tintern, Chepstow and elsewhere.
The term Severnside is sometimes used as a substitute for " Avon ", although the term can also be used to refer to the stretch of shoreline from Avonmouth north to Aust, or from Newport to Chepstow.
* Chepstow Hall ( named for the bridge across the River Wye at Chepstow )
He was imprisoned three times: in 1645 for an injudicious preface to his Golden Grove ; again in Chepstow castle, from May to October 1655, on what charge does not appear ; and a third time in the Tower in 1657, because of the indiscretion of his publisher, Richard Royston, who had decorated his Collection of Offices with a print representing Christ in the attitude of prayer.
* May-Jeremy Taylor is imprisoned for four months at Chepstow Castle.
The Yorkists, fighting for Edward IV, were defeated at the Battle of Edgecote Moor, on 26 July 1469, and Richard Woodville and his second son John were taken prisoners at Chepstow.
The River Wye provides for canoeing and kayaking as it has sections suitable for all ranges of skills and free access all the way downstream from Glasbury through Hay-on-Wye to Hereford to Monmouth the canoe hub and the Tidal Wye to Chepstow and the 1st Severn BridgeSevern Estuary.
The Welsh name Cas-gwent refers to the " castle of Gwent ", a placename which itself relates to, and may derive from, the Roman name Venta which was used for the settlement at Caerwent, west of Chepstow.
Chepstow is within the Wales constituency for the European Parliament.
Chepstow is now primarily a centre for service industries and tourism.
Fulford, born in Chepstow in 1859 of Australian parents, joined the British Foreign Service and for several decades occupied important consular posts in China.
Chepstow and were
* Scenes in Alfie ( 1966 ) were filmed around Chepstow Road.
In Wales the first wave of the Norman castles were again made of wood, in a mixture of motte-and-bailey and ringwork designs, with the exception of the stone built Chepstow Castle.
Castles in England, such as Chepstow and York Castle, were repaired and garrisoned by the king.
By the 1780s and 1790s visitors were beginning to progress as far as Chepstow, where an attractive female guide escorted tourists around the ruins as part of the popular Wye Tour.
After Edward's defeat at the Battle of Edgecote Moor on 26 July 1469, Rivers and his second son John were taken prisoners at Chepstow.
The Lancaut and Beachley peninsulas, opposite Chepstow, were in Welsh rather than Mercian control at that time, although by the time of the Domesday Book Striguil was assessed as part of Gloucestershire.
In 1840 leaders of the Chartist insurrection in Newport were transported from Chepstow to Van Diemen's Land.
However, after the Norman conquest, areas east of the Wye, within the former Saxon royal manor of Tidenham and including Beachley, Tutshill, Sedbury and Tidenham Chase, were included within the lordship of Striguil or Chepstow.
By 1288 there were 378 burgage plots recorded in Trellech, which would have made it bigger than Cardiff or Chepstow at the time.
Important early English and Welsh keeps such as the White Tower, Colchester and Chepstow were all built in a distinctive Romanesque style, often reusing Roman materials and sites, and were almost certainly intended to impress and generate a political effect amongst local people.
On 15 November 1848, Johns and an associate named John Williams were arrested near Chepstow for "... stealing from the house of Richard Price, three loaves of bread, one piece of bacon, several cheeses, and other goods ".
At the time, the Welsh kingdoms in the area were independent of the English Crown and the castle in Chepstow would also have helped suppress the Welsh from attacking Gloucestershire along the Severn shore towards Gloucester.
The castle and the associated Marcher lordship were generally known as Striguil until the late 14th century, and as Chepstow thereafter.
The Clay family then sold the house and much of the estate to the Chepstow Racecourse Company ( of which the Directors were all members of the Clay family ), who opened the new racecourse there in 1926.
In 1918 the Monmouth constituency was defined as consisting of the municipal boroughs of Abergavenny, and Monmouth, the urban districts of Caerleon, Chepstow, and Usk, the rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow, Magor, Monmouth, and Pontypool, and part of the rural district of St Mellons, and the same boundaries were used for the general elections of 1922, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1935 and 1945.
New boundaries, created by the House of Commons ( Redistribution of Seats ) Act 1949, were used for the 1950 general election, and the Monmouth constituency was defined as consisting of the municipal boroughs of Abergavenny, and Monmouth, the urban districts of Caerleon, Chepstow, and Usk, and rural districts of Abergavenny, Chepstow, Magor and St Mellons, Monmouth, and Pontypool.
The last documents were executed on 7 November 1661 and on 9 November 1661 he was sent to Chepstow Castle.
His signature appears on drawings for the Chepstow Bridge which were prepared in Brunel's London office around 1850.
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