Gwent Archives

01/09/2026

🏛️ 120 years. Countless stories. One very special place.

For 120 years, Llanhilleth Institute has stood at the heart of the community.

It has seen generations walk through its doors. It has been a place for meetings, music, celebrations, friendships, performances and so many moments that have become part of our shared history.

Now it’s time to open the doors and celebrate it all. ❤️

Join us for our 120th Anniversary Open Doors Sunday and take a step back through the years. Explore the building, discover stories from its past and celebrate the people who have helped make Llanhilleth Institute such an important part of community life.

Whether you’ve been visiting the Institute for decades, have your own memories to share, or are discovering its history for the very first time, everyone is welcome.

✨ Come and be part of the story.

📅 Sunday 6th September
📍 Llanhilleth Institute

❤️ Celebrating 120 years of memories, community and heritage.

Will you be joining us? Let us know in the comments! 👇

01/09/2026

01/09/2026

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Mae 30 Medi yn Ddiwrnod Cenedlaethol Treftadaeth Chwaraeon. Er mwyn dathlu, byddwn yn postio'n ddyddiol trwy gydol mis Medi gan dynnu sylw at eitemau o gasgliad Clwb Athletau Casnewydd. Mae ein tîm wedi bod yn gweithio'n galed ar y casgliad hwn, a ddaeth i Archifau Gwent am y tro cyntaf yn 2016, ac mae'r casgliad yn llawn eitemau diddorol, pwysig a theimladwy.

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The 30th September is National Sporting Heritage Day. To celebrate, we will be posting daily throughout September highlighting items from the Newport Athletic Club collection. Our team has been working hard on this collection, which first came to Gwent Archives in 2016, and the collection is full of interesting, important and poignant items.



Sporting Heritage

28/08/2026

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Yr ail eitem o gasgliad Rolls yr oeddem am dynnu sylw atynt yw’r dyddiadur teithio hwn sy’n dogfennu teithiau'r teulu. Dyma ddyddiadur Edward Nevill Macready a deithiodd yn India, Seilón a'r Aifft gyda'i wraig, Martha S. Rolls, rhwng 1820 a 1848. Mae'r dyddiadur penodol hwn yn dogfennu'r daith adref o Seilón trwy'r Aifft ym 1839 ac mae’n cynnwys nodyn dyddiol am y tywydd!

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The second item from the Rolls collection we wanted to highlight which documents the family’s travels is this travel journal. This is the journal of Edward Nevill Macready who travelled in India, Ceylon and Egypt with his wife, Martha S. Rolls, on various trips between 1820 and 1848. This particular journal documents the trip home from Ceylon via Egypt in 1839 including a note on the daily weather!

Ref: D361/2/4/6/4

26/08/2026

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Mae heddiw’n ac rydym yn falch o gyhoeddi mae enillydd 2026 yw “Sampson”!

Rydym yn gobeithio eich wedi mwyhau ein Sioe Gŵn ac os na fu i’ch ffefryn ennill - cofiwch ymuno’r flwyddyn nesaf i’w cefnogi!

Hefyd, cofiwch edrych ar ein sianel YouTube i wylio fideos o bob cystadleuaeth.

(https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdDTCcKpU0vE&si=UOSivUizYF_Ywyq6)

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Today is and we are pleased to announce the winner of the 2026 is “Sampson”!

We hope you have enjoyed our dog show and if your favourite didn’t win – be sure to tune in next year to support them!

Also, be sure to check out our YouTube channel to watch videos of each competition.

(https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdDTCcKpU0vE&si=UOSivUizYF_Ywyq6)

24/08/2026

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Mae’n rownd derfynol , a dros yr wythnosau diwethaf, mae ein staff wedi bod yn arddangos rhai o’r cŵn sydd i’w gweld yn ein casgliadau.

Yn mynd benben â’i gilydd yn y rownd hon mae enillydd y rownd gynderfynol gyntaf “Merry and Pippin” ac enillydd yr ail rownd gynderfynol “Sampson”.

Pa un ydych chi’n credu dylai fod yn bencampwr? Pleidleisiwch drwy hoffi'r llun neu beth am adael gair neu ddau isod!

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It’s the final of the and over the past couple of weeks our staff have been showcasing some of the dogs we have found in our collections.

Going head-to-head this round we have the winner of the first semi-final “Merry and Pippin” and the winner of the second semi-final “Sampson”.

Who do you think should be our champion? Place your vote by liking the image or comment below!

23/08/2026

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Gair i’ch atgoffa – Bydd ein Hwythnos Casgliadau nesaf yn ystod yr wythnos sy'n dechrau ddydd Llun 28 Medi. Byddwn ar gau i'r cyhoedd a bydd ein staff yn mynd ati i dderbyn, catalogio ac ail becynnu ein casgliadau er mwyn eu gwneud yn fwy hygyrch i chi! Byddwn yn dogfennu'r hyn y byddwn yn ei wneud yn ystod yr wythnos honno, felly cadwch lygad. Bydd yr Archifau ar agor eto fel arfer ddydd Mawrth 06 Hydref.

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Just a reminder - our next Collections Week will be the week beginning Monday 28th September. We will be closed to the public and our staff will be accessioning, cataloguing and repackaging our collections in order to make them more accessible for you! We will be documenting what we will be up during that week, so please keep an eye out. The Archives will then be open again as normal on Tuesday 06 October.

23/08/2026

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Gan fod gwyliau’r haf ar eu hanterth ac mae pobl yn mynd ar eu gwyliau, dyma ddyddiadur y daethom o hyd iddo yn un o’n casgliadau eglwysi plwyf, ac a ysgrifennwyd gan y Parchedig L.W Williams, ficer Trecelyn, ar long S.S Paddington. O Fehefin tan Awst 1902, hwyliodd o Gasnewydd ar draws Môr y Canoldir a’r Môr Du, gan fynd heibio i Fae Gwasgwyn, Gibraltar, Mynydd Etna, ac ymweld â Chaer Gystennin ac Odessa

Ni un gwbl lefn oedd y daith serch hynny, cwynodd am gyfreithiau sigarennau’r Eidal, aeth cyd-deithiwr yn ddifrifol sâl ar y môr, a chafodd drafferth cael brecwast tra’r roedd yn aros mewn gwesty yn ninas Braila, yn Romania- "Rhoddais dro ar bob ffordd posibl o roi gwybod i’r gweinydd fy mod eisiau ham ac wyau, dangosodd daten i mi. Es i yn ôl i fy ystafell, wedi fy ffieiddio."

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As the summer holidays are in full swing and people are off on their travels, here’s a diary we found in one of our parish church collections written by Reverend L.W Williams vicar of Newbridge, on board the S.S Paddington. From June to August 1902, he sailed from Newport across the Mediterranean and Black Sea, passing the Bay of Biscay, Gibraltar, Mount Etna, and visiting Constantinople and Odessa

It wasn’t all plain sailing though, he complained about Italian cigarette laws, a fellow passenger is badly sea sick, and he has issues with ordering breakfast while staying in a hotel in Braila in Romania- "I tried every way I possibly could to let a waiter know I wished to have ham and eggs, he showed me a potato. I went back to my room disgusted."

20/08/2026

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Mae’n ail rownd gynderfynol , a dros yr wythnosau diwethaf, mae ein staff wedi bod yn arddangos rhai o’r cŵn sydd i’w gweld yn ein casgliadau.

Yn mynd benben â’i gilydd yn y rownd hon mae enillydd rownd 3, “Sampson” ac enillydd rownd 4, “Smoke Sponge”.

Pwy yn eich barn chi sy’n ennill y rownd hon? Pleidleisiwch drwy hoffi'r llun neu beth am adael gair neu ddau isod!

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It’s the second semi-final of the and over the past couple of weeks our staff have been showcasing some of the dogs we have found in our collections.

Going head-to-head this round we have the winner of round 3 “Sampson” and the winner of round 4 “Smoke Sponge”.

Who do you think wins this round? Place your vote by liking the image or comment below!

19/08/2026

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Y fideo nesaf yn ein cyfres sy'n cynnwys ffotograffau yn ein casgliad, sy'n cymharu'r lleoliad y cawsant eu tynnu, hyd heddiw, yw Llyfrgell Coed Duon!

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The next video in our series featuring photographs from our collection comparing the location they were taken to the present day, is Blackwood Library!