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New book out now
‘Here the Gospel will be sweetly sounded’: A history of Bethesda Chapel in Llangattock by Eliane Wigzell with Margaret Williams, Minister of Bethesda Bethesda Chapel in Llangattock stands as the last remaining active house of worship amongst the nineteenth century chapels of Crickhowell and Llangattock. It was also the earliest of those chapels and its…
Read MoreWelcome!
The Crickhowell District Archive Centre is proud to launch its newly designed website. Our visually rich and informative site is a window into the collections and work of the archive centre. GALLERY and COLLECTIONS A selection of photographs will give you just a taste of the collection of images that the Archive holds. And those…
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If you’re a Friend of the Crickhowell District Archive Centre, you need to send us your £10 annual subscription by 1st May 2020. Your subscription will help support our archive centre in its work. You’ll receive two newsletters a year with fascinating articles about Crickhowell and District history as well as news about the work…
Read MoreNothing new about the floods!
From the Brecon County Times 12 November 1931 In Crickhowell the flood, following the severe gale last week, was the highest in living memory. A number of houses in New-road and Bridge-street were seriously flooded and a section of the road, the property of the Llangryney Bridge Company, which connects Gilwern with Llangryney by means…
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