Newent Local History Society celebrated its 40th anniversary last year.
Meetings are held on the second Thursday in the month (except December) and are on a variety of topics covering local, national and international history. Last year’s subjects included Nurse Edith Cavell; the landscape legacy of the Normans; Battlefield county – castles, battles and riot; and a social history of poverty, pestilence and privies.
Our summer visits in 2025 were a guided walk around Monmouth and an outing to Caerleon in south Wales to visit the Roman Barracks and Amphitheatre.
NEXT MEETING:
Our Annual General Meeting to be held on Thursday 12th March at 7.30pm at Sheppard House, Sheppard Way, Newent GL18 1TL followed by a talk on the Newent Wills Project.
New members are always welcome. Just come along to Sheppard House (just off Onslow Road in Newent) on the second Thursday in the month and ask for Linda Price.
Hi, I have emailed membership to join but as yet await reply. I am visiting Newent in a couple of weeks to do some family research and wanted to be join the society to learn about Newent, customs and people. Please can you help.
Dear Caer Rice-Smith
Many thanks for your enquiry. Our membership secretary is Linda Price
linda-price@hotmail.com. I will forward your email to her and no doubt she will be in touch in the near future. Look forward to meeting you at one of our meetings.
With best wishes Janet McLarty Treasurer