2025-26 PROGRAMME
Guests are welcome at the talks (£5 charge)
Lectures at 7pm on Fridays
at The Priory, Priory Street NP25 3NX
Friday 26 September 2025
Annual meeting, followed by
Charles Boase
“The Glory that was Perthir”
Friday 17 October 2025
Dr Brenda Despontin
“John Frost and the Writing of Historical Fiction”
Friday 21 November 2025
Dr PJ Shaw
2025-26 Keith Kissack Lecturer
“Pillboxes in Monmouthshire – a Legacy of War”
Friday 12 December 2025
Christmas Miscellany
Short talks by members
followed by the
Christmas Social
Friday 16 January 2026
Dr Janes Harrison
Former Head of History, Monmouth School for Boys
“The Monmouth School Second Master and the Mossad Hit-list”
Friday 20 February 2026
Dr Helen Nicholson
Emerita Professor of Medieval History at Cardiff University
“The Templars and Hospitallers on the Welsh March”
Friday 20 March 2026
Heather Hurley
“‘Horse-drawn Tramways of the Wye Valley”
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Summer 2026 outings and other events
Thursday 23 April 2026, 12.30pm
Pub lunch followed by visits to St Mary and St Michael’s, Llanarth and St Bridget’s, Llansantffraed
Thursday 4 June 2026, 6pm at St Mary’s, Monmouth
The stones that made the tower of St Mary’s, Monmouth
Thursday 18 June 2026, 6pm
Summer Party
(Members will receive an invitation a few days earlier, and directions)
Thursday 16July 2026
All-day coach outing
(coach leaves the Cattle Market at 8.30am, returning at about 6pm)
Bookings to info(at)MonmouthHistory.co.uk or ring 01600 715076
Thursday 13 August 2026, 6pm
St John’s Church, Llanrothal
Thursday 3 September 2026
Town Walk
middle Monnow Street
(meet in front of Cornwall House at 6pm)
Friday 25 September 2026
2025-26 Annual meeting
(7pm at Monmouth Priory)