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Gwent Archives (Welsh: Archifau Gwent) is the local records office and genealogy centre, based in Ebbw Vale, South Wales for the historic county of Monmouthshire. It covers the modern local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent , Caerphilly County Borough , Monmouthshire , Newport and Torfaen .
Blaenau Gwent: 1992, 1997, 2001: Sir Dennis Walters [2021 23] Conservative: 28 November 1928 1 October 2021 Westbury: 1964, 1966, 1970, 1974 I & II, 1979, 1983, 1987: Mike Weatherley [2021 24] Conservative: 2 July 1957 20 May 2021 Hove: 2010: Andrew Welsh [2021 25] Scottish National: 19 April 1944 18 June 2021 South Angus
Gwent is a preserved county and former local government county in southeast Wales. A county of Gwent was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972 ; it was named after the ancient Kingdom of Gwent .
Year Victim(s) Location of body or bodies Notes January 1990 William Howe Worthing, West Sussex : The body of the 63-year-old retired vet was found tied up in his flat on 9 January 1990.
The office of High Sheriff of Gwent was established in 1974 under section 219 of the Local Government Act 1972, replacing the shrievalty of Monmouthshire.
De Braose earned the nickname the 'Ogre of Abergavenny' for his conduct and his follow-up retribution on his enemy's families. [6] Seisyll's death was avenged in 1182 [8] or 1184 [9] [1] by Hywel ap Iorwerth, the Welsh lord of Caerleon, in a campaign in which the sheriff of Hereford, Randulph de Poer, was killed, Abergavenny castle stormed and another castle, Dingestow Castle, destroyed.
Frederick James Hando MBE (23 March 1888 – 17 February 1970) was a Welsh writer, artist and schoolteacher from Newport.He chronicled the history, character and folklore of Monmouthshire, which he also called Gwent, in a series of nearly 800 newspaper articles and several books published between the 1920s and 1960s.
Pages in category "Gwent (county)" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.