Publications – The Chepstow Society

All current Chepstow Society publications are available:

from Chepstow Books & Gifts in St Mary Street, Chepstow (online ordering service available)
at the Tourist Information Centre opposite the Castle
at the Town Museum

**Remembering the Great War in Chepstow**
Prepared to celebrate the centenary of Chepstow’s War Memorial in January 2022, this gives details of the 83 men *whose names are inscribed on the memorial* and who fought in the First World War, and explains its history and that of its adjoining naval gun.
*Price £4.50*

**A Walk Around Chepstow**
This 9-mile walk guides you from the town centre through the historic sites of Bulwark, Thornwell and Mathern to the Severn estuary at St Pierre, and back via Mounton and Piercefield to Chepstow.
Price £1.00

**The Chepstow Story**
*This gives an overview of the town’s history.*
Price £3.00

**Chepstow Town Trail**
**UPDATED VERSION 2020**
*This follows the heritage trail around the town centre, with information on its historic buildings.*
*Price £3.00*

**Chepstow to Tintern and Return**
This guides walkers from the town to Tintern Abbey and back using the Wye Valley Walk and Offa’s Dyke Path.
Price £1.00

**Shipyards, Scandal and Pigstyes**
This covers the founding of Chepstow’s National Shipyard in the First World War and the resulting changes to the town.
~~Price £2.50~~ **OUT OF PRINT**

Shipyards, Scandal and Pigstyes can be downloaded here.

**Wartime Memories**
Produced with the aid of a grant from the Millennium Lottery Fund, this contains extracts from the memories of some 80 local residents, with images of memorabilia of the Second World War.
Price £6.95

**Thomas Street**
Written by local resident Steve Ryan, this sets out memories of a town centre community before it was cleared and redeveloped.
~~Price £3.95~~ **OUT OF PRINT**

**The George and the Gate**
This contains two monographs by Society founder Ivor Waters on the Town Gate and adjoining George Hotel, supplemented by updated material.
Price £4.95

Flora of Monmouthshire

This was written by the Society’s long-standing President, Trevor Evans MBE (1924-2023) , and was published by the Society in 2007. Link here

Secondhand books

From its earliest years, the Society published books and pamphlets on the history of Chepstow and its surroundings, many of them written by its founder, Ivor Waters. Secondhand copies of a few of these, and a small selection of other books of local interest, have been donated to the Society, and are available for purchase.

List of available secondhand books as at March 2024

For further information, please contact Guy Hamilton