Mynyddislwyn was a civil parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It was abolished in local government reorganisation in 1974. It is named for the Mountain in its centre MynyddIslwyn (Islwyn Mountain or Islwyn's Mountain, Islwyn being a Welsh Male name, meaning Below the Grove).
The ancient parish of Mynyddislwyn covered a large part of the lower Ebbw and Sirhowy Valleys. In 1894 the Crosskeys area was included in the urban district of Risca, and Abercarn was constituted a separate urban district.
The remainder of the parish was included in St Mellons Rural District, and included the hamlets of Fleur-de-Lis, Gelligroes, Penmain, Pontllanfraith and Ynysddu.[1]
On 1 October 1903 Mynyddislwyn became an urban district.[2] In 1926 it formed the West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board with neighbouring Bedwellty urban district, to maintain local ownership of local bus services. In 1935 the boundaries were adjusted with Bedwas and Machen and Bedwellty urban districts under a County Review Order.
Mynyddislwyn urban district was abolished in 1974, with its area passing to the borough of Islwyn, in the newly created administrative county of Gwent.[3] Further local government reform in 1996 included the area in the county borough of Caerphilly.
St Tudor's church is part of the Benefice of Upper Islwyn, and has services on the first Sunday of every month.
Mynyddislwyn was a civil parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It was abolished in local government reorganisation in 1974. It...
Merthyr Tydfil in 1810, 1815 and 1829, and sporadically occurred in the Mynyddislwyn area over a period of thirty-five years. and that three revivals occurred...
Pengam wards only (rest became New Tredegar community in Rhymney Valley) Mynyddislwyn Urban District Risca Urban District All the constituent parts of Islwyn...
years, on 19 March 1973. He was buried in New Bethel Chapel cemetery, Mynyddislwyn, where his parents were buried. A memorial service was held in Westminster...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
acres of land to extract coal and iron-ore at Panteg, Pontymoile and Mynyddislwyn. Furthermore, he secured the rights to extract coal and iron-ore on Lord...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
Urban District Community without council. Penmaen Penmaen 5,251 4,79 Mynyddislwyn Urban District Community without council. Includes Oakdale. Penyrheol...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
coal miners. The area was part of the ancient Monmouthshire parish of Mynyddislwyn until the late 19th century. In 1892 a local board of health and local...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
predominantly concentrating on the outlying granges on Mynydd Maen, Mynyddislwyn and the Rhondda valley. This included experimental archaeology, which...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
Argoed, Blackwood, New Tredegar, Pengam and Rock. In 1926, Bedwellty and Mynyddislwyn urban districts formed the West Monmouthshire Omnibus Board to ensure...
Trygarn 1 Llandrygarn St Tudno 1 Llandudno St Tudur or Tudor 2 Darowen, Mynyddislwyn St Tudwall 1 Llanstadwell St Tudwen 1 Llandudwen St Twrog 3 Bodwrog,...
match was against Abercarn in 1884 and was played on the church field at Mynyddislwyn. The club originally played in an all black strip until the 1920s when...
(equivalent of the Llantwit No.3 Seam in the Pontypridd district and the Mynyddislwyn Seam east of the Taff valley), where it overlies mudstone seatearth at...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
Maypole Mitchel Troy Mitcheltroy Common Monkswood Mounton Mynydd-bach Mynyddislwyn Nant-y-derry The Narth New Inn New Mills Newbridge-on-Usk Newcastle Newchurch...
minister in Llantarnam and later inspired the Independent congregation in Mynyddislwyn, to whom he left some money in his will. He died sometime before 8 August...
his bardic name Islwyn (meaning below the grove) from the parish of Mynyddislwyn, itself named after the mountain which towers over the village. His two...
In 1874 and 1875, Gelligroes Colliery was established, striking the Mynyddislwyn Red Ash vein, although the pits were later abandoned in 1875 due to water...
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