Monmouthshire Antiquarian Association Blog

BOOK LAUNCH: THE COMMON PLACE BOOK OF JOHN GWIN  Published by the South Wales Record Society Members of the South Wales Record Society can also pick their own copies up at the launch at Llangwm Village Hall is on the B4235 Usk-Chepstow road and there is a car park a little further along the road to Chepstow, at postcode NP15 1HQ. The book is available in paperback or hardback, xii + 212 pages, illustrated. Copies can also be ordered through the Society’s web site at  http://www.southwalesrecordsociety.co.uk/  or by post: £18 paperback, £28 hardback for addresses in the UK, with reductions for members of the Society. Complete and return the form to the West Glamorgan Archive Service, Civic Centre, Oystermouth Road, Swansea SA1 3SN. J ohn Gwin lived at Llangwm near Usk in the middle years of the seventeenth century.  His commonplace book is a treasure trove of medical remedies, snippets of local and family history, notes on the management of the Worcester estates, poetry by the leadi

  GUIDELINES FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO  THE MONMOUTHSHIRE ANTIQUARY Introduction The following ‘Guidelines’ are intended to aid both potential authors and the honorary editor and editorial sub-committee of  The Monmouthshire Antiquary . Over the years, minor changes to the ‘Guidelines’ have been made, but developments in technology, as well as new ideas about editorial conventions, have prompted a major review which has resulted in the ‘Guidelines’ printed below. Although these ‘Guidelines’ are as comprehensive as possible, every issue cannot be covered, or in some cases anticipated, so necessarily other decisions will be made by the honorary editor and/or editorial team as need arises. Aims of the Association 1. The Association aims to publish articles of a high academic standard relating to the history, archaeology and architecture of Gwent/Monmouthshire, annually in  The Monmouthshire Antiquary . Timetable 2.  The Monmouthshire Antiquary  is usually published in March or Apr