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New owners Jon and Christine Straw are looking forward to welcoming locals to the Masons Arms when it reopens on Thursday 15th October.
Please donate warm clothes for homeless people this winter at churches in Shirenewton and St. Arvans.
Preparations for the opening of the Masons Arms are progressing and the new pub sign has been installed.
Thanks to everyone who took part in the Mason Arms Beer Preferences Survey. Over 80 people completed the questionnaire and made suggestions for the range of drinks that could be available when the pub reopens. The results and comments will be passed on to the new owners and, although it won’t be possible to include everyone’s favourites, the list will help them to choose the final selection.
Do you know of a good location for wildlife photography in the Devauden area? Multi-award winning, professional wildlife photographer Andy Rouse is looking for help finding locations for a long-running project in the local area.
What’s yours? Take part in our questionnaire to suggest beers and ciders for when the Masons opens.
We are celebrating our 20th Birthday! The Devauden Village Website first went live on 22 November 2005.
Local pub goers are celebrating the news that The Star on the Hill at Llanfihangel Tor-y-Mynydd reopenned on Friday 29th August.
John Rowlands, a stalwart and influential member of our community, sadly passed away on 13th August at the age of 85. John's funeral was held in Devauden on 11 September 2025 and his friend John Brooks wrote the following eulogy which he read at the service.
John Rowlands, a stalwart and influential member of the Devauden community, sadly passed away on 13th August at the age of 85.
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