Chepstow Welsh - Cas-gwent
Population	14,195
OS grid reference	ST535935
Principal area	Monmouthshire
Ceremonial county	Gwent
Constituent country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHEPSTOW
Postcode district	NP16
Dial code	01291
Police	Gwent
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Monmouth
European Parliament	Wales
List of places: UK • Wales • Monmouthshire

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Chepstow (Welsh: Cas-gwent) is a border town straddling the Wales—England (Monmouthshire—Gloucestershire) border, situated at the confluence of the River Wye and River Severn on the Severn's west bank. It is famous for its castle and racecourse, which hosts the Welsh Grand National. Chepstow proper is on the west bank of the Wye, within Wales; the English part on the eastern bank consists of Tutshill and Sedbury. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... This article is about the country. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Monmouthshire (Welsh: ) is both a historic county and principal area in south-east Wales. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... River Wye and Lancat and Ban y Gore Nature Reserve The Wye at Hay-on-Wye The Wye at Tintern This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border. ... “Severn” redirects here. ... Pierrefonds Castle, France. ... A race track (or racetrack), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races. ... The Welsh National is a Grade 3 National Hunt horse race in the United Kingdom for five-year-old and above horses run over a distance of 3 miles 5½ furlongs (5,934 metres) at Chepstow Racecourse, Wales in late December. ... Sedbury is a village in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England. ...

Chepstow Castle from the old Wye Bridge

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History

Chepstow sits upstream of the confluence of the River Wye and River Severn. There has been a settlement on the site since at least the early Middle Ages. It was named Striguil in Norman times - from the Welsh word ystraigyl meaning a bend in the river - but became known as Chepstow from the old English ceap / chepe stowe meaning market place. River Wye and Lancat and Ban y Gore Nature Reserve The Wye at Hay-on-Wye The Wye at Tintern This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border. ... “Severn” redirects here. ... Striguil is the name which was used in Norman times for the port and castle of Chepstow, on the Welsh side of the River Wye, which formed the boundary with England. ...

The oldest areas of known habitation are the Iron Age fortified camps at Bulwark [1] and Piercefield. Later, there may have been a Roman bridge over the Wye, there is evidence of a roman ford on the english side of the river near the town bridge, as Chepstow is located at a crossing point directly between the Roman towns of Gloucester and Caerwent. The town is also close to the southern point of Offa's Dyke, which begins on the east bank of the Wye and runs all the way to the Irish Sea in north Wales. This was built in about the 8th century as a boundary between English and Welsh kingdoms, although recent research cited in the page on Offa's Dyke suggests that the part near Chepstow may not actually be part of the original Dyke. Iron Age Axe found on Gotland This article is about the archaeological period known as the Iron Age, for the mythological Iron Age see Iron Age (mythology). ... Piercefield House near Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, resulted from a 1785 commission by George Smith to remodel his existing house in the neo-classical style. ... Gloucester (pronounced ) is a city and district in the English county of Gloucestershire, close to the Welsh border. ... Caerwent is a village in Monmouthshire, Wales. ... Offas Dyke (in Welsh, Clawdd Offa) is a massive earthwork, ostensibly between England and Wales, running from the estuary of the River Dee in the north to the River Wye in the south (approximately 150 miles, or 240 km). ... Relief map of the Irish Sea. ... Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ... Offas Dyke (in Welsh, Clawdd Offa) is a massive earthwork, ostensibly between England and Wales, running from the estuary of the River Dee in the north to the River Wye in the south (approximately 150 miles, or 240 km). ...

Chepstow Castle is the oldest surviving stone fortification in Britain. After the Norman Invasion Chepstow was identified as an ideal site for a castle, as it not only controlled a crossing point on the River Wye, but also because the steep limestone gorge and castle dell afforded an excellent defensive location. William the Conqueror ordered its construction in 1067, and, according to the Domesday Book, it was designed by the master castle builder of the time, William fitzOsbern. The speed with which William the Conqueror committed to the creation of a castle in Chepstow is testament to its strategic importance. At the time, the kingdoms in the area were independent of the English crown and the castle in Chepstow provided a way to suppress the Welsh from attacking Gloucestershire. From the 14th century, with the end of the wars between England and Wales, the castle's importance declined. Chepstow Castle from the old Wye Bridge Interior of Chepstow Castle Chepstow Castle, located in Chepstow on top of cliffs overlooking the River Wye, was built by the Norman lord William FitzOsbern from 1067. ... The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Battle of Hastings and the events leading to it. ... Pierrefonds Castle, France. ... River Wye and Lancat and Ban y Gore Nature Reserve The Wye at Hay-on-Wye The Wye at Tintern This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border. ... A gorge is a narrow passage between steep mountains or hills. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... William fitzOsbern (died February 22, 1071) was a relative and close counselor of William the Conqueror who became one of the great magnates of early Norman England. ... William I ( 1027 – September 9, 1087), was King of England from 1066 to 1087. ... The Welsh are, according to Hastings (1997), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ...

A town grew up beside the castle, the Priory church, and the port, and in 1294 Chepstow was given the right to hold a weekly market and annual fair. It flourished partly because it was exempt from English taxation. The town wall, locally known as the Port Wall, was built about this time, and mostly still stands. Particularly good sections can be seen at the Welsh Street car park, and either side of the A48 road. The Town Gate through the wall at the top end of the High Street was rebuilt in the 16th century and was used as a toll gate. A priory is an ecclesiastical circumscription run by a prior. ... The A48 is a major trunk road in Britain. ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ...

The most significant church in Chepstow is the Parish and Priory Church of St Mary, located at the bottom of the town. It, like the castle, is Norman in origin, although much rebuilt and extended in later centuries. St Mary's was the centre of a religious community with a convent and school, the remains of which are buried under the adjoining car park. Benedictine monks from Cormeilles in Normandy, Chepstow's twin town, were there until the Dissolution of the Monasteries from 1536. Norman conquests in red. ... Munichs city symbol celebrates its founding by Benedictine monks—the origin of its name A Benedictine is a person who follows the Rule of St Benedict. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ... Cormeilles is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Eure département, in the Haute-Normandie région, in France. ... Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ... dissolution see Dissolution. ...

Industries

In addition to being a market town, Chepstow was from medieval times the largest port in Wales. Chepstow was still a bustling port of substance, when during the period of 1790 to 1795 it clearly shows record of a greater tonnage of goods handled than Swansea, Cardiff & Newport combined. Although it mainly traded in timber from the Wye Valley and with Bristol, in the medieval period, records show that Chepstow ships sailed as far afield as Iceland and Turkey, as well as to France, Portugal and Ireland. Ships, including many built and launched in Chepstow clearly sailed the world and in 1840, leaders of the Chartist insurrection in Newport were transported from Chepstow to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Seaport, a painting by Claude Lorrain, 1638 The Port of Wellington at night. ... Tintern Abbey in the Wye Valley, viewed from the Devils Pulpit near Tidenham The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an internationally important protected landscape area straddling the border between England and Wales. ... This article is about the English city. ... A movement for social and political reform in the United Kingdom during the mid_19th century, Chartism gains its name from the Peoples Charter of 1838, which set out the main aims of the movement. ... Newport (Welsh: ) is the third-largest city within Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea), in the United Kingdom. ... 1663 map of Van Diemens Land, showing the parts discovered by Tasman, including Storm Bay, Maria Island and Schouten Island. ... Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114 (7th)  - Product per capita  $33,243/person (8th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  489,600 (6th)  - Density  7. ...

Other goods exported from Chepstow over the years included wire made in the many mills on the tributaries of the Wye, leather which was tanned with the bark of the forest's oaks, and paper primarily from Mounton Mill which produced the first high grade security paper used by the Bank of England for the printing of bank notes. An important aspect of Chepstow's trade has been entrepôt trade bringing larger cargoes into the manageable deep water of the Wye on high tide and breaking down the load for on shipment in the many trows up the Wye to Hereford past the coin stamping mill at Redbrook, or up the Severn to Gloucester and beyond. Chepstow also traded across the estuary to Bristol on suitable tides to work vessels up and down the Avon to that city's centre. Headquarters Coordinates , , Governor Mervyn King Central Bank of United Kingdom Currency Pound Sterling ISO 4217 Code GBP Base borrowing rate 5. ...

The port function and local shipbuilding trade declined during the 19th century as ship design developed and the cities of Cardiff, Newport and Swansea became more suitable for handling the bulk export of coal and steel from the Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire valleys. Shipbuilding was briefly revived during the First World War when the first prefabricated ships were constructed. Ships like The War Glory & The War Illiad were constructed and launched primarily from the slipways on the Chepstow side, where 10,000 tons was the manageable limit. The last of these ships was recorded as lost at sea in the South Atlantic losing all hands, whilst carrying a cargo of grain in 1956.^{[citation needed]} Cardiff (English:  , Welsh: ) is the capital, largest and core city of Wales. ... Newport (Welsh: ) is the third-largest city within Wales (after Cardiff and Swansea), in the United Kingdom. ... For other places with the same name, see Swansea (disambiguation). ... Glamorgan or Morgannwg is a maritime traditional county of Wales, UK, and was previously a medieval kingdom or principality. ... Monmouthshire (Welsh: ) is both a historic county and principal area in south-east Wales. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

The area known as "Garden City" and parts of Bulwark Village were built to house the workers that were brought to Chepstow from 1917 to work in the new National Shipyard no.1. The Bulwark area is now home to about two thirds of the population of Chepstow, and some of the industry of the town is based at the Bulwark Trading Estate.

The shipyard developed on the site where the Wye railway bridge had been constructed, and was subsequently taken over by the engineering firm Fairfield Mabey, who specialise in steelwork producing spans for bridges and other structures. One such structure was the lock gate for Avonmouth Docks where during delivery a squall struck the gates and the delivery crew were swept of and lost. Other local industries have included the material for artificial ski slopes, developed at the "Dendix" brush factory, which in its time was one of the major producers of everything from small specialist brushes to huge industrial brushes. // The Chepstow railway bridge was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852. ... A skier heading down a dry ski slope Artificial ski slopes or dry ski slopes are ski slopes that mimic the attributes of snow using materials that are stable at room temperature, to enable people to ski on them. ...

Chepstow, by virtue of its having been the head office of Red & White Bus Co. (on Bulwark Road), grew and spawned BST, which in turn owned and controlled PUTCO, the Public Utility Bus Company that ran the majority of the buses of Africa. The town also had links with the international snuff trade through Singleton's Snuff.^{[citation needed]}

Transport

The old cast iron road bridge across the Wye, dating from 1816 and designed by John Rastrick, is an elegant example of engineering from the Regency period. The bridge comprises five cast-iron arches carried on stone piers and has a central span of 112 ft. It succeeded a number of wooden predecessors which had been built on or near the same site since at least 1228, and possibly much earlier. In 1576 the bridge was described as being in great decay, and an Act was passed making Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire responsible for the repair of their respective halves. Neglect continued, however, and in 1606 the bridge was said to have fallen down and been carried away. By the beginning of the 18th century the bridge comprised a wooden decking carried by a central stone pier and five piers on either side each formed by a number of timber piles. The Monmouthshire half of the bridge was rebuilt as four stone arches in 1785, but the Gloucestershire half remained timber until 1815 when rebuilding of the whole bridge was begun to the overall plans of John Rennie, as modified by Rastrick. [2] River Wye and Lancat and Ban y Gore Nature Reserve The Wye at Hay-on-Wye The Wye at Tintern This article is about the river that flows along the Anglo-Welsh border. ... The English Regency, or simply the Regency, is a name given to the period from 1811 to 1820 in the history of England. ... Portrait of John Rennie, 1810, by Sir Henry Raeburn. ...

Until the Severn Bridge - now part of the M48 - was opened in 1966, and a new A48 bridge over the Wye in 1988, the old bridge carried all the road traffic between England and South Wales. The Severn Bridge has the second longest span of any bridge in the UK; it replaced the Aust-Beachley ferry. For the Ontario community, see Severn Bridge, Ontario. ... The M48 is a small motorway in England and Wales that includes the original Severn Bridge. ... The A48 is a major trunk road in Britain. ... Approximate extent of South Wales South Wales (Welsh: ) is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. ... The Aust Ferry was a ferry service that operated across the River Severn in Gloucestershire, England. ...

Chepstow railway station is on the Gloucester to Newport Line. The railway bridge over the Wye was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852, but the original structure was replaced in the 1960s. Until 1959, passenger trains operated up the Wye Valley to Monmouth - this service ceased owing to heavy losses. Chepstow railway station is a part of the British railway system owned by Network Rail and is operated by Arriva Trains Wales. ... The Gloucester to Newport Line is a railway cutoff along the bank of the River Severn in the United Kingdom from Gloucester to Newport. ... // The Chepstow railway bridge was built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1852. ... Brunel before the launching of the Great Eastern. ... Monmouth (Welsh: Trefynwy) is a town in south Wales, county town of the historic county of Monmouthshire. ...

The town today

Chepstow Community Hospital was opened in 2002 as a PFI funded hospital and several new housing estates have been developed across the town. Over £2 million has recently been invested in regenerating the town centre. This scheme, which includes new sculptures and other public art, encountered some local criticism over its high cost, but has gained several national awards reflecting its high design quality. Chepstow Community Hospital in Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales accepted its first patients on 26 February 2000 having been developed under the United Kingdom Governments Private Finance Initiative. ... The Private Finance Initiative specifies a method by which the United Kingdom government provides financial support for public private partnerships known as Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) between the public and private sectors. ... The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. ...

The town centre has a good range of shops, pubs and restaurants. The area beside the river has been attractively landscaped as part of a flood defence scheme. The town holds a biennial festival, and in most recent years has also organised major son et lumiere pageants covering aspects of local history, using local residents under professional direction. There is also an excellent local museum, opposite the Castle entrance. Son et lumière (French, lit. ...

Chepstow Racecourse is the leading horse racing facility and course in Wales. It is located on the edge of the town, in the grounds of the ruined Piercefield House. Sundays see an extensive market set up on the racecourse grounds which is attended by vendors from as far afield as Birmingham, London, Kent and beyond. During the course of the year the racecourse hosts a number of hobbies and antique fairs. Chepstow Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located just outside the town of Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, near the southern end of the Wye Valley which forms the border with England. ... Piercefield House near Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales, resulted from a 1785 commission by George Smith to remodel his existing house in the neo-classical style. ...

Chepstow also has many excellent schools including Chepstow School. One of the best co-education semi-boarding schools St Johns on the Hill is located on the outskirts towards Tutshill. There are also a number of churches in Chepstow, including a variety of non-conformist denominations. Chepstow School (Welsh: Ysgol Cas-gwent) is a Welsh comprehensive school (ages 11-18, including a sixth form), located in Chepstow, Monmouthshire and overseen by the Monmouthshire Local Education Authority. ...

Nearby are the Royal Forest of Dean and the Wye Valley. Tintern Abbey is about 5 miles distant. Many current residents of the town commute to Bristol, Newport, Cardiff and elsewhere. The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the county of Gloucestershire, England. ... Tintern Abbey in the Wye Valley, viewed from the Devils Pulpit near Tidenham The Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an internationally important protected landscape area straddling the border between England and Wales. ... Tintern Abbey, 1993 Tintern Abbey, interior, 2004 Tintern Abbey was founded by Walter de Clare, Lord of Chepstow, on May 9, 1131. ...

Chepstow is twinned with Cormeilles This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... Cormeilles is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Eure département, in the Haute-Normandie région, in France. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...

Notable people from Chepstow

• James Stephens (1821-1889), stonemason, Chartist, and leading Australian trade unionist.
• Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828-1901), leading entomologist, was born at nearby Sedbury Park.
• J. K. Rowling (born 1965), author of the Harry Potter books, lived in the adjoining village of Tutshill from the age of 9, and attended secondary school at Wyedean School and College. (Some other websites state wrongly that she was born in the town; she was actually born at Chipping Sodbury maternity hospital in Yate, and in early childhood lived at Winterbourne, Gloucestershire.)
• Grant Nicholas (born 1967) of the band Feeder grew up in Pwllmeyric, Chepstow.

James Stephens (born Chepstow, Wales, 1821; died Melbourne, Australia, 1889) was a stonemason, Chartist, and Australian trade unionist. ... A movement for social and political reform in the United Kingdom during the mid_19th century, Chartism gains its name from the Peoples Charter of 1838, which set out the main aims of the movement. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... Eleanor Anne Ormerod (May 11, 1828 - July 19, 1901) was an English entomologist. ... Entomology is the scientific study of insects. ... Joanne Jo Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965[1]) is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling. ... This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Chipping Sodbury School ROOLZ Chipping Sodbury is a market town in South Gloucestershire, England, founded in the 12th century by William Crassus. ... YATE - Yet Another Telephony Engine is a free software telephony server that can be used for applications like Private branch exchange (PBX), Gateway and Interactive voice response (IVR) solutions. ... Winterbourne is a large village in South Gloucestershire on the outskirts of the English city of Bristol. ... Feeder - 1 December 2005 - Cardiff CIA Grant Nicholas is the lead singer of the Indie band Feeder, along with bassist Taka Hirose and drummers Jon Lee and later Mark Richardson. ... Feeder are an award-winning British rock band, founded in Newport, South Wales in 1992. ...

Sources

• Ivor Waters (1972) The Town of Chepstow
• Ivor Waters Numerous other books and pamphlets by this local historian
• Anne Rainsbury (ed.) (1989) Chepstow and the River Wye in old photographs
• Rick Turner & Andy Johnson (eds.) (2006) Chepstow Castle - its history and buildings

External links

• Chepstow Town Council
• Chepstow Town Crier Online Magazine
• The Chepstow Society
• Local history site
• Chepstow Castle
• Chepstow Castle
• Chepstow School
• Chepstow Racecourse
• Town centre regeneration
• Further information on regeneration scheme
• The River Severn