Abercarn

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Abercarn
Monmouthshire
Abercarn, High Street.jpg
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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References