Events2018

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Fourth Thursday of the Month	Have a Go History! Ongoing meetings of the Abbey of Cwmhir Study Group  at 1400 hrs at Celf O Gwmpas, Tremont Road, Llandrindod wells.  (cf Study Group and News) There will be no meeting in August. we will re-convene on September 27th which will be a field Trip to Cwmhir's mother house at Whitland. cf below.
March 23rd (Friday)	Dr David Stephenson Making History - How Historians interpret the evidence. 1400 Celf O Gwmpas, Llandrindod Wells.
April 19th(Thursday)	The Seal of the Abbey of Cwmhir and The Sign of the Happy Union Inn- Symbol of Welsh Identity? by Roger Coward (Editor of the Abbeycwmhir Book) 19.30 hrs. Philip's Hall, Abbeycwmhir.See below.
May 19th           (Sat)	Annual Excursion to the Granges of Cwmhir Abbey in Eastern Powys starting from Clyro. See below.
July 22nd        (Sat)	Annual Pilgrimage. Strata Florida to Abbeycwmhir. Leaving Abbeycwmhir at 07.30 a coach takes us to Strata Florida Abbey in Ceredigion where the Pilgrimage starts at 09.00 hrs. The walk is approximately 25 miles long and the country is rough grassland for the most part and is not suitable for beginners. Finish time is usually about 6pm at The Philips Hall, Abbeycwmhir.(cf Walks).
September 20th (Thurs)	19.30 hrs. Annual Founder Cadwallon Lecture: Owain Glyndwr and Abbeycwmhir by Gareth Jones, Secretary of the Glyndwr Society.At the Philips Hall, Abbeycwmhir LD1 6PH
September     27th (Thurs)	Study Group Field Trip to Whitland Abbey & Hywel Dda Centre - All Welcome. Self Drive/Car Share visit to the mother house of Cwmhir and the centre celebrating the maker of Welsh Law.See Study Group/Next Meeting for details of meet up time and location.
December 1st (Sat)	The Christmas Cracker Walk - circular self-guided walks around Abbey Cwmhir. (cf Walks for details and application form).
December   8th  (Sun)	- 13.00 Memorial Service for Llywellyn ap Gruffyd in the ruins* - 14.15 Annual Lecture in Philips Hall by Julian Lovell, Landscape Historian, The Fowlers - of Abbeycwmhir? - 15.30 AGM in Phillips Hall

 

¹ The second verse of the Welsh Language poem by Tom Parri-Jones, entitled Llywelyn.

September 27th Field Trip to Whitland Abbey, Carmarthenshire.

Led by Dr John Davies. Whitland was the Mother House of Cwmhir but had two founding dates - as did Cwmhir. The earlier one for Cwmhir, 1143, is before the later one for Whitland in 1144. Does that mean that Cwmhir was, at one point, expected to be the main Mother house for all Wales? The Study Group will exploring this earlier history of Wales in it's two subsequent meetings in October and November - on the fourth Thursday of the Month in Llandrindod Wells. THIS WILL BE A SELF DRIVE/SHARE CAR TRIP.  PLEASE LET admin.studygroup@abbeycwmhirhistory.org.uk KNOW IF YOU ARE COMING AND WHETHER YOU WISH TO BE A DRIVER OR A PASSENGE ASAP.

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All these events, except for the Excursion and the Abbey of Cwmhir Study Group, start from or are held in Abbey Cwmhir with parking at the Phillips Hall or the Home Farm by permission of Mr and Mrs Hamer.

Access to the ruins is open, free, all the year, with permissive entry through Home Farm and free parking in tarmacked carpark near CADW's information centre.

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admin.studygroup@abbeycwmhirhistory.org.uk

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*Please note there is also a Gathering at the Llywelyn Monument at Cilmeri on December 9th at 10.30. Meet at Prince Llywelyn Inn - all day event. Ring 01597 823547.