How much do we know historically about the women of West Wales? Hidden throughout time in letters, diaries and memories, their varied and dynamic accomplishments are now revealed using modern technology; ensuring that in the 21st Century, their voices are finally heard.

The #WOWW project at Narberth Museum, funded by Arwain Sir Benfro, the Heritage Lottery Fund and with help from Llangwm History Society, recently ran three poetry creation workshops and one poetry film workshop leading up to a showing of poetry films at Llangwm Literary festival. Due to popular demand, we are now showing these films once again at Narberth Museum at 7pm on Thursday 21st November.

Tickets are FREE, but booking is essential as spaces are limited. Call 01834 860 500 or email [email protected]

Local historians, writers and film makers have come together to create a session of surprise, sorrow and laughter, where you’ll see and hear stories of remarkable women, you may never know existed…

‘Richard Suggett is a historian, currently senior investigator at the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, and Honorary Fellow of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. He is the author of the A History of Magic and Witchcraft in Wales (2005) as well as studies on the architecture and social history of medieval and later Wales’.

On Thursday 7th November at 7.30pm, he will be giving a talk on ‘The History of Witchcraft in Wales’. In the book Welsh Witches: Narratives of Witchcraft from Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century Wales, Richard reveals some remarkable events and personalities that have remained hidden for three hundred years. In these cases we encounter suspected witches, cursers and healers, users of love magic and charms and believers in fairies. The talk will also look at several cases of Welsh women accused of witchcraft and the context, concerns or reasons behind the claims.

This talk forms part of Narberth Museum’s ‘Women of West Wales’ project, exploring different aspects of local women’s history. The project is supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Tickets are £5 and refreshments will be available.

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This talk will look at methods and resources to help both novice and experienced researchers who are interested in discovering more about the history of the local area. Dr. Robert Llewelyn Davies says:

‘As a local historian who has enjoyed the field work and research involved in uncovering primary sources of information and bringing it together to form a book or talk, its seems logical to ‘talk about it’.

We will looks at Tithe and Ordnance Survey Maps and see how they form a starting point for further research. Public Records from The Pembrokeshire
Records Office and National Library of Wales, such as Land Tax and Hearth Assessments, Finance Act Field Books, School Log Books, and other documents will be covered’.

Photographs both old and new will be used to illustrate this talk and oral histories with local people who have first hand knowledge of days long gone will be used to help paint of picture of South Narberth. The talk will include the villages of Templeton, the ancient Chapelry of Mounton, Molleston and Cold Blow.

Tickets are £5 and the talk begins at 7.30pm on Thursday 24th October. Refreshments will also be available.

‘Inspired by Pembrokeshire’ – Artists, Illustrators and Photographers looks at artists who have been inspired to paint in Pembrokeshire from the 1600s to the contemporary artists of Pembrokeshire today.

The artists covered by the talk include Francis Place (an early topographical artist of the mid 1600s), Richard Wilson, J M
W Turner, John Brett, Graham Sutherland, John Piper and John Knapp-Fisher. All of these artists have been inspired to paint Pembrokeshire and capture its wonderful ‘light’.

The contemporary artist of today will include David Tress, Jan Gregson, Gillian McDonald, Naomi Tydenham RI, Rachel Fenner, Caroline McLachlan, Clive Gould, Andrea Kelland RWSW, Chris Neale, Elizabeth Haines, John Houser, Guy Manning and Graham Brace.

Each artist has their own distinctive style and medium, as well as their favourite painting location and interpretation of the ever-changing landscape.

The talk is illustrated throughout with images of locations the artists have painted.

The talk begins at 7.30 on Thursday 26th September, tickets are £5 and refreshments will be available.

Beneath Our Feet – A Talk on Pilgrimage in Pembrokeshire

On Wednesday 4th September at 7.30pm, Rhianydd Biebrach will be giving a talk on the treasures of history found beneath our feet, through the footsteps of our ancestors.

This talk forms part of the Saving Treasures; Telling Stories Project, a partnership project between Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, The Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales (The FED) and the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Wales (PAS Cymru) promoting the portable archaeological heritage of Wales through acquiring and sharing finds made by the public.

Beneath our Feet is a joint project with Tenby Museum & Narberth Museum and Saving Treasures; Telling Stories. It will also involve treasure finds from other museums in the Pembrokeshire Museums Association (PMA) as well as finds from Pembrokeshire Prospectors. It will involve a series of events throughout the project.

Please note: This is event is now fully booked.