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Chepstow was an electoral ward to Gwent County Council between 1973 and 1996. [25] Its first councillor, Barney O'Neill, became leader of the council in 1974. [26] Chepstow was granted a town charter in 1524 by its Marcher Lord, Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester.
Chepstow Castle, seen from the north bank of the River Wye. Chepstow Castle is situated on a narrow ridge between the limestone river cliff and a valley, known locally as the Dell, on its landward side. Its full extent is best appreciated from the opposite bank of the River Wye. The castle has four baileys, added in turn through its history.
Original file (1,000 × 789 pixels, file size: 261 KB, MIME type: ... A view of Chepstow castle with figures sitting by the riverside in the foreground. Date: 1823
The carte de visite was usually an albumen print from a collodion negative on thin paper glued onto a thicker paper card. The size of a carte de visite is 54 mm (2.125 in) × 89 mm (3.5 in) (approximately the size of a business card), mounted on a card sized 64 mm (2.5 in) × 100 mm (4 in). The reverse was generally printed with the logo of the ...
Visiting card of Johann van Beethoven, brother of Ludwig van Beethoven. A visiting card, also called a calling card, was a small, decorative card that was carried by individuals to present themselves to others. It was a common practice in the 18th and 19th century, particularly among the upper classes, to leave a visiting card when calling on ...
The journalist had heard from others that, not long before, it was possible to go 200 to 300 yards (183 to 274 metres) - one of his guides actually claimed they'd just walked 300 yards - the local tale following that it used to go as far as Chepstow Castle (approximately 1500 metres to the north), which was dismissed as fanciful.
The building is located on Chepstow's medieval market square, later reduced in size by infill development and named Beaufort Square around 1850, after the landowners, the Dukes of Beaufort. The large ground floor room has a vaulted stone ceiling with carved bosses of floral decorations and of heads, one wearing a Monmouth cap. The room was ...
It then became the offices of Chepstow Urban District Council, and is now used by the Town Council and Citizens' Advice Bureau. [2] On the outer side of the Town Gate, the George Hotel was originally built on this site by Margaret Cleyton in about 1620. It later became one of the town's main coaching inns.