Evidence of Roman life in the parishes of Whitchurch and Ganarew. Whist there is so much evidence of Roman activity and building within a short distance of Whitchurch there is little evidence of an actual Roman settlement within our parishes and there are only 2 records of buildings, or remnants of buildings, with Roman connections… Continue reading Romano Whitchurch.
Category: Places.
Local places with historic interest.
The Lost City of Trellech.
Once a town of once some 10,000 when the population of London was only 40,000 people and is now what is now just a village, just south of Monmouth and not far from us. Some of our members went to see the Lost City last week. For those of you who missed the opportunity or did… Continue reading The Lost City of Trellech.
Little Doward Hill Fort.
Little Doward Hill Fort.
The 1,000 + year old White Park Cattle of Little Doward.
The 1,000 + year old White Park Cattle
“The Mysteries of the Lewstone Estate”
"The Mysteries of the Lewstone Estate" Anybody who has been able to get published will know just how proud and excited I am having this month (March) finally launched my first booklet. Research started in the Spring of 2016 and was completed by the Autumn of 2017 taking eighteen months. It was a steep learning… Continue reading “The Mysteries of the Lewstone Estate”
Monmouth Bridge. A journey through time.
Not Whitchurch or Ganarew I know but local and too good to miss. https://youtu.be/TsvZOtYyLdA
Historical sights in Whitchurch and Ganarew.
https://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/her-search/monuments-search/search/results?parish=WHITCHURCH&period=&site_type=&PageNo=1 This site is quite interesting. It shows on maps, often with a brief description, the position of many of historical sights but sometimes I wonder about the accuracy of the pinpoints, such as a chapel that is shown in Grange Park. Did The Grange have it’s own Chapel? I doubt it. The number of… Continue reading Historical sights in Whitchurch and Ganarew.
The Grange.
There is not much information available about The Grange. When was it built, what is it’s history and who lived there? If you have any more information at all, please get in touch with us. Only one of the Spanish chestnut trees remains but only as an enormous stump. Not a trace of the original… Continue reading The Grange.
At home during WW1.
Throughout WW1 German U boats were taking a terrible toll on allied merchant shipping at a time when 80% of our grain was imported from North America and Canada and 40% of sugar came from abroad plus munitions and machinery. With nearly all young men in the services there was a great shortage of labour… Continue reading At home during WW1.
Geology of the Great Doward and Little Doward.
The earth itself is around 4,600ma (million years old). The oldest rocks in Britain are in the north west of Scotland and are at least 2,700ma 520 million years ago Great Britain was split between 2 continents, divided by 4000 kilometres of ocean. These continents lay 20o and 60o south of the equator. During the… Continue reading Geology of the Great Doward and Little Doward.
Whitchurch and Ganarew Area History Society 