Editing Abergavenny (section)

==Notable buildings==
[[File:Grade II listed Church of the Holy Trinity, Abergavenny - geograph.org.uk - 2723503.jpg|thumb|left|Church of the Holy Trinity]]
[[Abergavenny Castle]] is located strategically just south of the town centre overlooking the [[River Usk]]. It was built in about 1067 by the Norman baron [[Hamelin de Ballon]] to guard against incursions by the Welsh from the hills to the north and west. All that remains is defensive ditches and the ruins of the stone keep, towers, and part of the curtain wall. It is a [[Listed building|Grade I listed building]].<ref>{{NHAW|num=2376|desc=Abergavenny Castle ruins|grade=I|access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>

[[File:Abergavenny Butter Market - geograph.org.uk - 1313202.jpg|thumb|Abergavenny Market Hall in 2009]]

Various markets are held in the Market Hall, for example: Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays – retail market; Wednesdays – flea market; fourth Thursday of each month – [[farmers' market]]; third Sunday of each month – antique fair; second Saturday of each month – craft fair.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abergavennynow.com/abergavenny-market/|title=Abergavenny Market Information and Opening Times|website=abergavennynow.com|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref>

The [[Church in Wales]] church of the Holy Trinity is in the [[Diocese of Monmouth]]. Holy Trinity Church was consecrated by the Bishop of Llandaff on 6 November 1840. It was originally built as a chapel to serve the adjacent almshouses and the nearby school. It has been Grade II listed since January 1974.

Other listed buildings in the town include the parish [[Priory Church of St Mary, Abergavenny|Priory Church of St Mary]], a medieval and Victorian building that was originally the church of the Benedictine priory founded in Abergavenny before 1100; the sixteenth century [[The Tithe Barn, Abergavenny|Tithe Barn near St Mary's]]; the Victorian Church of the Holy Trinity; the Grade II* listed [[St John's Church, Abergavenny|St John's Masonic Lodge]]; [[Abergavenny Museum]]; the Public Library; the [[Abergavenny Town Hall|Town Hall]]; and the remains of [[Abergavenny town walls]] behind Neville Street.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/monmouthshire/abergavenny#.VyToxeTGA4D | title=Listed Buildings in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales | publisher=British Listed Building | access-date=30 April 2016 }}</ref>

From 1851, the Monmouthshire lunatic asylum, later [[Pen-y-Fal Hospital]], a [[psychiatric hospital]], <!---- comment out per Wikipedia:External links, but could be a source for some of this info ---[http://www.countyasylums.com/mentalasylums/penyfal01.htm]----> stood on the outskirts of Abergavenny. Between 1851 and 1950, over 3,000 patients died at the hospital. A memorial plaque for the deceased has now been placed at the site. After its closure in the 1990s, its buildings and grounds were redeveloped as housing.<ref>{{Coflein|num=31993|desc=Pen-y-Fal, Psychiatric Hospital; Abergavenny Asylum|access-date=2017-11-10}}</ref> Some psychiatric services are now administered from [[Maindiff Court Hospital]] on the outskirts of the town, close to the foot of the [[Skirrid]] mountain.