Abercarn
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| Abercarn | |
| Monmouthshire | |
|---|---|
 Abercarn High Street | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | ST216947 |
| Location: | 51°38’44"N, 3°8’4"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 4,793 (2001) |
| Post town: | Newport |
| Postcode: | NP11 |
| Dialling code: | 01495 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Caerphilly |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Islwyn |
Abercarn is a small town in Monmouthshire, 10 miles northwest of the City of Newport, on the A467 between Cwmcarn and Newbridge.
History
The district was traditionally associated with the coal mining collieries, ironworks and tinplate works of the South Wales coalfield and South Wales Valleys, although all have now closed;[1] the town, which lies in the middle portion of the Ebbw valley, being situated on the south-eastern flank of the once great mining region of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.[2]
On 11 September 1878 it was the site of an underground explosion which killed 268 coal miners.[3]
Sport
- Rugby: Abercarn Rugby Club
See also
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Abercarn) |
- Welsh Coal Mines - details of all the local pits.
- Abercarn Based Photographer -gallery of recent images.
References
- ↑ Post Office: Abercarn Royal Mail Sorting Office:: OS grid ST2194 :: Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square!
- ↑ Jamesville, Abercarn:: OS grid ST2193 :: Geograph British Isles - photograph every grid square!
- ↑ "Abercarn Colliery". Welsh Coal Mines. http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Gwent/Abercarn.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-14.