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Abertillery
Abertillery (; ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It is located in the Ebbw Fach Valley, Ebbw Fach valley, and the Monmouthshire (historic), historic county of Monmouthshire. The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World heritage Site. Formerly a major coal mining centre the Abertillery area was transformed in the 1990s using EU and other funding to return to a greener environment. Situated on the A467 the town is north of the M4 motorway (Great Britain), M4 and south of the A465 road, A465 "Heads of the Valleys" trunk road. It is about by road from Cardiff and from Bristol. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census, 4.8% of the ward's 4,416 (212 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh language, Welsh. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abertillery From NW 20100728
Abertillery (; ) is a town and community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It is located in the Ebbw Fach valley, and the historic county of Monmouthshire. The surrounding landscape borders the Brecon Beacons National Park and the Blaenavon World heritage Site. Formerly a major coal mining centre the Abertillery area was transformed in the 1990s using EU and other funding to return to a greener environment. Situated on the A467 the town is north of the M4 and south of the A465 "Heads of the Valleys" trunk road. It is about by road from Cardiff and from Bristol. According to the 2011 Census, 4.8% of the ward's 4,416 (212 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh.Welsh language skills ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Bells
Six Bells () is an electoral ward and neighbourhood in Abertillery, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. It was originally a village that grew up around the local coal mines. The ward elects two county councillors to Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. History and description The village of Six Bells developed in part of Llanhilleth parish during the mid 19th-century, with the growth of the coal industry in the area. It may have gained its name from the Six Bells public house. Employment would originally have centred around the Hafod Fan pit, which was later replaced by the larger Arael Griffin colliery, which opened in 1898 and later became known as Six Bells Colliery. The village was incorporated into Abertillery Urban District and, in the early years of the 20th-century, Alexandra Road and Richmond Road were built which joined Six Bells with Abertillery town to the north. Most of the houses of Six Bells lie immediately east of the River Ebbw. Six Bells Halt railway station closed in 1962 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaenau Gwent
Blaenau Gwent (; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. It borders the Local government in Wales, unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly County Borough, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Its highest point is Coity Mountain at . Government The borough was formed in 1974 as a local government Districts of Wales, district of Gwent (county), Gwent. It covered the whole area of five former districts and a single parish from a sixth, which were all abolished at the same time: *Abertillery Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), Urban District *Brynmawr Urban District *Ebbw Vale Urban District *Llanelly parish from Crickhowell Rural District *Nantyglo and Blaina Urban District *Tredegar Urban District Brynmawr and Llanelly had been in the administrative county of Brecknockshire prior to the reforms, whilst the ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six Bells Colliery
Six Bells Colliery was a coal mining, colliery located in Six Bells, Abertillery, Gwent (county), Gwent, Wales. On 28 June 1960 it was the site of an underground explosion which killed 45 of the 48 miners working in that part of the mine. It is now the site of the artistically acclaimed ''Guardian (sculpture), Guardian'' memorial to those events, designed by Sebastian Boyesen; although the memorial primarily commemorates those who died at Six Bells, it is dedicated to all mining communities wherever they may be. Sinking The colliery was originally opened as Arael Griffin on the site of an earlier balance shaft which had been sunk in 1863 by Thomas Phillips Price at Hafod Van. In 1892 John Lancaster and Co. began sinking two shafts on the opposite side of the Ebbw River, Ebbw Fach River. On 9 February 1895 four men lost their lives during the shaft sinking, when the bowk (large barrel) in which they were riding capsized, and they fell to the shaft bottom. Private operation: 189 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cwmtillery
Cwmtillery (; ) (population 2011. 4800) is a ward of Abertillery. Located within the Historic counties of Wales, historic boundaries of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, it is part of the administrative area of the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Etymology The name of the ward means "the valley of the River Tyleri". ' probably derives from a personal name. History Located within a narrow valley formed by the River Tyleri, the area now known as Cwmtillery was once wholly a picturesque woodland area based beneath the heights of the local hill 'Gwastad' (551m) to the east and Mynydd James (550m)to the north. The area was mentioned by English historian William Coxe (historian), William Coxe as "Well peopled, richly wooded and highly cultivated, almost rivalling the fertile counties of England". During the 1840s, Thomas Brown acquired the rights to sink a mine shaft at the site of a farm known as Tir Nicholas, in the hope of reaching the 'Elled' coal seam. The sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monmouthshire (historic)
Monmouthshire ( ), also formerly known as the County of Monmouth ( ; ), was historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. Located in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales, on the England–Wales border, border with England, its area now corresponds approximately to the present principal areas of Wales, principal areas of Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Newport, Wales, Newport and Torfaen, and those parts of Caerphilly County Borough, Caerphilly and Cardiff east of the Rhymney River. The eastern part of the county was mainly agricultural, while the western valleys had rich mineral resources. This led to the area becoming highly industrialised with coal mining and iron working being major employers from the 18th century to the late 20th century. Its five largest towns were Newport, Cwmbran, Pontypool, Ebbw Vale and Abergavenny. Monmouthshire's Welsh status was ambiguous between the 16th and 20th centu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Urban Districts Formed In England And Wales 1894–95
Urban district (England and Wales), Urban districts were a form of local government in England and Wales between 1894 and 1974, typically used for smaller and medium sized towns. They were created on 31 December 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73). The vast majority of urban districts formed at that time were created by renaming the pre-existing Sanitary district, urban sanitary districts, such as Local board of health, local board districts or Improvement commissioners, improvement commissioners districts. Only a minority of the urban districts created in 1894 were for places that had not previously had urban forms of local government. Other, usually larger, towns and cities were governed as municipal boroughs.Note for table: 'UD' stands for Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), Urban District, 'RD' stands for Rural District, 'MB' stands for Municipal Borough, 'Met. B' stands for Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London, Metropolitan Borough a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanhilleth
Llanhilleth () is a village, community and an electoral ward on the A467 road between Ebbw Vale and Crumlin in Blaenau Gwent, Wales. Two large mounds in the field behind the Carpenter's Arms are the remains of the medieval Llanhilleth castle which originally had two large, stone-built towers. Part of the Monmouthshire Canal ran through the parish; the Ebbw River forms the western boundary of the parish. The twin-belled Church in Wales church of St Mark is located on Brooklyn Terrace, near the High Street junction. It is in the benefice of Abertillery with Cwmtillery with Llanhilleth with Six Bells, in the deanery of Pontypool, and was built in 1898. Nearby are the villages of Aberbeeg and St Illtyd, within the community, the latter of which contains the former parish church. In the far south of the community is the village of Swffryd. The name comes from , with the /i/ replacing the original /e/ due to the regional dialect of the area (Gwenhwyseg or (also called " G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guardian - Mining Memorial
Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, United States, an unincorporated community in Webster County * Guardian Nunatak, a landform on Antarctica's Dufek Coast * Guardian Rock, an islet off the Antarctic Peninsula in Bigourdan Fjord * Guardian telephone exchange, Manchester, England * Wonder Mountain's Guardian, a roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland, Vaughan, Ontario People * GuardiaN (Ladislav Kovács; born 1991), Slovak professional video-game player * Angel Guardian (born 1998), Filipina actress and singer * Don Guardian (born 1953), mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Guardian (comics), characters from various comics * Guardian (DC Comics), a DC Comics superhero * Guardian (''Highlander''), a charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaenau Gwent And Rhymney (UK Parliament Constituency)
Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney () is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election, following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. It is currently represented by Nick Smith of the Labour Party, who was the MP for the predecessor constituency of Blaenau Gwent from 2010 to 2024. Boundaries Under the 2023 review, the constituency was defined as being composed of the following, as they existed on 1 December 2020: * The County Borough of Blaenau Gwent. * The County Borough of Caerphilly wards of: Aberbargoed; Bargoed; Darren Valley; Gilfach; Moriah; New Tredegar; Pontlottyn; Twyn Carno. Following local government boundary reviews which came into effect in May 2022, the constituency now comprises the following from the 2024 general election: * The County Borough of Blaenau Gwent. * The County Borough of Caerphilly wards of: Aberbargoed and Bargoed; Darren Valley; Gilfach; Moriah and Pontlottyn; New Tredegar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberbeeg
Aberbeeg () is a village which lies in both Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly County Borough, in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is part of the community of Llanhilleth. The two main tributaries of the Ebbw River, the Ebbw Fawr and Ebbw Fach converge at Aberbeeg. Nearby are the villages of Llanhilleth and Six Bells, where the former colliery allowed the whole community to thrive as part of the South Wales coalfield community. Today, one of the most prominent sights in Aberbeeg area is the grade II* listed St. Illtyd's parish church, which is thought to have been built in the late 5th century, and underwent extensive renovation over the last 200 years. After closing in 1962, the church was privately acquired in 1984. It has now returned to public ownership and is now open to visitors. The friends of St. Illtyd help Blaenau Gwent look after the building. Aberbeeg railway station closed on 30 April 1962. The Ebbw Valley Railway re-opened in February 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
