Bedwellty, Monmouthshire (General)

by slowhands , Monday, March 07, 2005, 15:21 (7233 days ago) @ Williams

Bedwellty is in South Wales, rather than the Forest of Dean. Like the Forest it has a tradition of Mining , which explains the flow of families between the two areas !

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/MON/Bedwellty/

"BEDWELLTY, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Wentllooge, in the county of Monmouth, 7 miles to the W. of Pont-y-pool. Newport is its post town. It is situated in a hilly district between the river Rumney, on the W., and the Sirhowey on the E., and contains the chapelries of Rhymney and Tredegar, the latter being now a market town, and the hamlets of Ishlawrcoed, Mamhole, and Uwchlawreoed. The district is rich in iron and coal, and is the seat of an extensive iron manufacture, giving employment to above 1,300 hands. Between 3,000 and 4,000 persons are engaged in the great ironworks and collieries in the vicinity."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]