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List Of Places In Caerphilly County Borough
{{Short description, none''Map of places in Caerphilly County Borough compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of towns and villages in the Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. A *Aberbargoed *Abercarn *Abertridwr, Caerphilly *Abertysswg * Argoed B *Bargoed *Bedwas * Bedwellty * Blackwood * Blaen-carno * Bont Pren *Britannia * Brithdir * Bryn * Bryncenydd *Bute Town C * Caerphilly * Caledfryn * Castle Park *Cefn Fforest * Cefn Hengoed *Cefn Mably *Chapel of Ease * Churchill Park *Croespenmaen *Crosskeys * Crumlin * Cwmbargoed *Cwmcarn * Cwmgelli * Cwmfelinfach * Cwmsyfiog * Cwmnantygwynt D *Deri *Draethen E * Eglwysilan * Elliotstown * Energlyn F * Fernlea * Fleur-de-lis *Fochriw G * Gellihaf *Gelligaer * Gelligroes *Gilfach * Gilfach Estate * Glan-y-nant * Graig-y-Rhacca *Groes-faen H * Hafodyrynys * Hendredenny *Hengoed * Hollybush L * Lansbury Park *Llanbradach *Llanfabon * Llanfach * Llechryd, Caerphily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Places In Wales
This is a list of lists of places in Wales. National lists * List of built-up areas in Wales by population * List of cities in Wales * List of towns in Wales *Welsh placenames Political *List of communities in Wales * List of electoral wards in Wales Lists of places within principal areas *List of places in Anglesey *List of places in Anglesey (categorised) *List of places in Blaenau Gwent * List of places in Bridgend county borough *List of places in Caerphilly county borough *List of places in Cardiff - for villages and districts see :Populated places in Cardiff. *List of places in Carmarthenshire *List of places in Carmarthenshire (categorised) * List of places in Ceredigion *List of places in Conwy county borough *List of places in Conwy County Borough (categorised) *List of places in Denbighshire *List of places in Denbighshire (categorised) *List of places in Flintshire *List of places in Flintshire (categorised) *List of places in Gwynedd *List of places in Gwyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brithdir, Caerphilly
Brithdir is a small village in the northern part of the Rhymney Valley near New Tredegar, in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, and within the historic boundaries of Glamorgan. It was formed in the early twentieth century to provide housing for men working at the local coal mines including Elliot's colliery. Centuries before Brithdir was constructed a stone was erected on the mountain top above the village to mark the burial place of Tegernacus, son of Martius. The stone, believed to have been placed in the 7th century, was originally in a field north west of Capel Brithdir. However, in 1922 the Tegernacus Stone was moved to the National Museum Cardiff where it remains on display. The village is served by Brithdir railway station. Kieron Evans (born 2001), footballer for Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosskeys
Crosskeys ( cy, Pont-y-cymer) is a village, community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly county borough in Wales. Etymology The village was originally named Pont-y-cymer and this remains the official Welsh name for the village. The name means ''bridge at the confluence of rivers'', and suggests the area was known as a place to bridge the confluence of the Ebbw and the Sirhowy rivers, long before its urban development in the nineteenth century. The English name is taken from the Cross Keys Inn (now known as the Cross Keys Hotel), The English name appears as ''Crosskeys'' on Ordnance Survey maps, and the railway station also uses this spelling. However, many local organisations use the two word spelling, as does Cross Keys RFC. History Crosskeys is a South Wales Valleys community, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, once part of the coal mining community of the South Wales coalfield and originally developed as part of Risca from the 1830s to serve the local ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croespenmaen
Croespenmaen is a locality near Crumlin, Caerphilly, Wales. The nearby Croespenmaen Industrial Estate is the site of Unilever's Pot Noodle factory, which became the topic of a 2006 advertising campaign, showing fictitious Pot Noodle mines in Wales. The factory typically produces 155 million pots annually. Croespenmaen is also the site of the Brace's Bakery factory. References Villages in Caerphilly County Borough {{wales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchill Park, Caerphilly
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Apart from two years between 1922 and 1924, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1900 to 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Ideologically an economic liberal and imperialist, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924. Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to a wealthy, aristocratic family. He joined the British Army in 1895 and saw action in British India, the Anglo-Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected a Conservative MP in 1900, he defected to the Liberals in 1904. In H. H. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chapel Of Ease
A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ease is deliberately built as such, being more accessible to some parishioners than the main church. Such a chapel may exist, for example, when a parish covers several dispersed villages, or a central village together with its satellite hamlet (place), hamlet or hamlets. In such a case the parish church will be in the main settlement, with one or more chapels of ease in the subordinate village(s) and/or hamlet(s). An example is the chapel belonging to All_Hallows_Church,_South_River, All Hallows' Parish in Maryland, US; the chapel was built in Davidsonville, Maryland, Davidsonville from 1860 to 1865 because the parish's "Brick Church" in South River was too far away at distant. A more extreme example is the Chapel-of-Ease built in 1818 on St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cefn Mably
Cefn Mably is a district located approximately 6 miles north of Cardiff city centre and 5 miles south-east of Caerphilly. It's mostly within the city and county of Cardiff but is also partly within the Caerphilly County Borough. Notable Buildings Cefn Mably House is an historic property in the area. Greyhound racing The greyhounds that raced at the Cardiff Arms Park and Somerton Park Somerton Park was a football, greyhound racing and speedway stadium in Newport, South Wales. Football In April 1912 Newport County had been accepted to play in the Southern League for the 1912–13 season. Shortly afterwards, the site ... were based at kennels in Cefn Mably. Fishing There's 8 fishing lakes, and the Cardiff Angling Centre based at the Cefn Mably Lakes. Farming There's an outdoor entertainment venue based at Cefn Mably Farm Park. It contains a soft play barn, child friendly go-karting and digger facilities, a farm shop, hot and cold food for sale, and as the name s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cefn Hengoed
Cefn Hengoed is a small village in the centre of Caerphilly borough, within the historic boundaries of Glamorganshire. Bordering the larger village of Hengoed, Cefn Hengoed contains the local Derwendeg primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e .... Derwendeg primary school has recently celebrated its 90th birthday. Cefn Hengoed is a village in Caerphilly County Borough and within the Gelligaer Community Council Parish area. Cefn Hengoed has a local public house called The Crosskeys which is situated facing the opening of Lansbury Avenue and the Lindsay Constitutional Club for adults. Frequenting these Public houses is local hard nut, Darren James Jack. Darren has lived in Cefn Hengoed all his life, since he was 11.There is also a youth center in Cefn Hengoed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cefn Fforest
Cefn Fforest is a community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. A wholly urbanized community, it forms the western fringes of the town of Blackwood. By area, it is the smallest of all of the communities of Wales. Education There is a local Primary school located centrally within the community called Cefn Fforest primary School Students who attend Cefn Fforest primary School range in ages from 5 years old to 12 years old. Cefn Fforest's nearest secondary School is Blackwood Comprehensive Students who attend Blackwood Comprehensive School range in ages from 12 years old to 16 years old. Notable People * Dave (Dai) Fleet, Founder and owner of Abracadabra tattoo parlor * Dream Alliance, thoroughbred racehorse * Nathan Cleverly Nathan Cleverly (born 17 February 1987) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2017. He is a two-time light-heavyweight world champion, having held the WBO title from 2011 to 2013, and the WBA (Regula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Park, Caerphilly
Castle Park is a residential area of the town of Caerphilly, south Wales. As the name suggests, it is located near Caerphilly Castle Caerphilly Castle ( cy, Castell Caerffili) is a medieval fortification in Caerphilly in South Wales. The castle was constructed by Gilbert de Clare in the 13th century as part of his campaign to maintain control of Glamorgan, and saw extensi .... Caerphilly {{Caerphilly-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caerphilly
Caerphilly (, ; cy, Caerffili, ) is a town and community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley. It is north of Cardiff and northwest of Newport. It is the largest town in Caerphilly County Borough, and lies within the historic borders of Glamorgan, on the border with Monmouthshire. At the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 41,402 while the wider Caerphilly Local Authority area has a population of 178,806. Toponym The name of the town in Welsh, , means "the fort () of Ffili". Despite lack of evidence, tradition states that a monastery was built by St Cenydd, a sixth-century Christian hermit from the Gower Peninsula, in the area. The Welsh cantref in the medieval period was known as Senghenydd. It is said that St Cenydd's son, St Ffili, built a fort in the area thus giving the town its name. Another explanation given for the toponym is that the town was named after the Anglo-Norman Marcher Lord, Philip de Braose. History The town's sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
