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Abergavenny (), meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales.
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Abergavenny and meaning
The river later became, in Welsh, Gafenni, and the town's name became Abergavenny, meaning " mouth of ( Welsh: Aber ) the Gavenny ( Gafenni )".
Abergavenny and River
His principal antagonist was a Seisyll ap Dyfnwal, of Castell Arnallt near Llanover in the valley of the River Usk near Abergavenny, whom he blamed for the death of his uncle Henry.
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.
It starts again at Hereford, crosses the Wales-England border over the River Monnow, continues south to Abergavenny and Brynmawr, then continues west along the heads of the valleys, past Ebbw Vale, Tredegar, Rhymney, Merthyr Tydfil and Hirwaun and Glynneath.
Wynebald also had a holding at Caerleon, above which, also on the River Usk, his brother Hamelin de Ballon founded the extensive marcher lordship of Abergavenny, and built the castle there.
Notable features in Crickhowell include the seventeenth-century stone bridge over the River Usk with its odd arches ( twelve on one side, thirteen on the other ) and its seat built into the walls, the 14th-century parish church of St Edmund, and the ruins of Crickhowell Castle on the green " tump " beside the A40 Brecon to Abergavenny road.
The village is situated on a hillside above the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal and the River Usk, some 4 miles west of Abergavenny.
Dadford's aqueduct at Brynich carries the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal over the River Usk
Major structures for which he was responsible include the fourteen locks on the Monmouthshire Canal at Rogerstone, the embankment at Gilwern which enables the Brecon and Abergavenny Canal to cross the River Clydach and a four-arched stone-built aqueduct which carries the same canal over the River Usk at Brynich.
Dafydd Gam was the grandson of Hywel Fychan, who held the manor of Parc Llettis near Llanover in Monmouthshire near Abergavenny, and fourth in descent from Einion Sais who held a castle at Pen Pont on the River Usk near Brecon and who had served at both the Battle of Crecy and the Battle of Poitiers.
The ascent on foot to the summit from Llanfoist / Abergavenny via Cwm Craf is very steep but the effort is repaid by the panoramic views from the summit across the valley of the River Usk to Abergavenny and the Black Mountains, Wales.
Paragliders performing ' top to bottom ' flights land in Castle Meadows beside the River Usk at Abergavenny.
Abergavenny and is
Abergavenny is promoted as the " Gateway to 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 and market
A cattle market has been held in Abergavenny on its current site since 1863.
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.
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, a market town in Wales
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 and town
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.
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