Using the 1881 census and contemporary historical sources, the History RATS have produced a series of portraits of parishes on the Levels in the late 19th century.

History RATS Glyn Parkhouse recounts the story of the coming of the railway to the Gwent Levels.

History RATS Marjorie Neal recounts the history of Caerphilly cheese making on the Wentlooge Levels.

Tony Hopkins, former county archivist at Gwent Archives and one of our History RATS, considers the effects of Henry VIII’s policies on Monmouthshire and the Gwent Levels.

History RAT, Tony Pickup, tells the story of the struggle to maintain the sea wall protecting the Levels during the 19th Century and the historic piece of legislation that solved the problem.

History RAT, Marion Sweeney, recounts the life and times of Lewis Jones, Wentlooge farmer and bardic poet.

In the late 1920s the possibilities of air travel were beginning to develop, and Cardiff did not wish to be left out of the race.