Thu, 20 Mar
|Newport Museum and Art Gallery
A Local Treasure: the Etheridge Family Bible
Local studies floor, Newport Central Library
Time & Location
20 Mar 2025, 10:00 – 11:00
Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Central Library, 4 John Frost Square, Kingsway Centre, Newport NP20 1PA, UK
About the event
This session will provide an opportunity to see one of the oldest items in the local studies collection of Newport Central Library, the bible belonging to the Etheridge family of Guiting Power, Gloucestershire and Newport. It was printed in the early years of the 17th century, and was looked after and signed by the senior member of the family in each generation: the last inscription was in 1798.
Who was able to write at the time, the style and quality of their writing, and the implements they used will all be discussed, and there will be a chance for those attending to sign their own names using a quill pen.
David Osmond went to Newport High School, and obtained an MA in Local History from Cardiff University in 1992. He is the author of The Chartist Rambler: William Edwards of Newport 1796-1849 (Six Points 2021), and co-curated Representing the Rising: Chartism and…