Wyllie is a small village south of
Blackwood
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Botany
* African blackwood (''Dalbergia melanoxylon''), a timber tree of Africa
* African blackwood ('' Erythrophleum africanum''), (''Peltophorum africanum'') also Rhodesian blackwood, trees from Africa
* Australian blac ...
in
Ynysddu community,
county borough of
Caerphilly
Caerphilly (, ; , ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Wales. It is situated at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley and separated from the Cardiff suburbs of Lisvane and Rhiwbina by Caerphilly Mountain.
It is north of Cardiff an ...
, within the
historic boundaries of
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...
, Wales.
History & Amenities
Most of the houses were built between 1926 and 1930 by the
Tredegar Iron and Coal Company
: ''For the ironworks in the US state of Virginia, see Tredegar Iron Works.''
Tredegar Iron and Coal Company was an important 19th century ironworks in Tredegar, Wales, which due to its need for coke became a major developer of coal mines and p ...
.
Included in the village was a large
church
Church may refer to:
Religion
* Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying
* Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination
* Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
,
post office
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and
miners' institute
Miners' institutes, sometimes known as ''workingmen's institutes'', ''mine workers' institutes'', or ''miners' welfare halls'' are large institutional buildings that were typically built during the height of the industrial period as a meeting an ...
which was converted into a
pub
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in the 1990s. The post office has recently closed and the church has been replaced by a small block of apartments known as Marion Jones Court.
The village has recently expanded with the building of new houses on the old coal tip from
Wyllie Colliery at the south end of the village. There are now 27 modern houses covering the colliery.
Wyllie Halt railway station was located here between 1932 and 1960.
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Wyllie and surrounding areaWelsh Coal Mines - research the local pit's histories
Villages in Caerphilly County Borough
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