Cwmtillery

Cwmtillery

Coordinates: 51°44′33″N 3°08′18″W / 51.7426°N 3.1383°W / 51.7426; -3.1383

Cwmtillery
Welsh: Cwmtyleri
Cwmtillery is located in Blaenau Gwent
Cwmtillery

 Cwmtillery shown within Blaenau Gwent
Population 4,749 
OS grid reference SO215055
Principal area Blaenau Gwent
Ceremonial county Gwent
Country Wales
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ABERTILLERY
Postcode district NP13
Dialling code 01495
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK Parliament Blaenau Gwent
Welsh Assembly Blaenau Gwent
List of places: UK • Wales • Blaenau Gwent

Cwmtillery (from Welsh: Cwmtyleri meaning "valley of Tyleri") (population 4749)[1] is a village located in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

History

Located within a narrow valley formed by the River Tyleri, the area now known as Cwmtillery was once a picturesque woodland area based beneath the heights of the local hill 'Gwastad' (551m) to the east and Mynydd James (550m)to the north. The area was mentioned by English historian William Coxe as "Well peopled, richly wooded and highly cultivated, almost rivalling the fertile counties of England".[2]

During the 1840s, Thomas Brown acquired the rights to sink a mine shaft at the site of a farm known as Tir Nicholas, in the hope of reaching the 'Elled' coal seam. The shaft was sunk to a depth of 130 yards and the colliery set up was originally known as Tir Nicholas Colliery, and later the South Wales Colliery. The mine changed hands in 1852, with John Russell taking ownership. Russell increased the original shafts and deepened the mine to 240 yards. The mine had a long history, closing in 1982; but also suffered several disasters, with four underground explosions between the dates of 1857 and 1876. The two worst disasters were in 1857 which saw the deaths of 13 miners, and the 1876 explosion which killed 16 men and boys.[3]


Cwmtillery was the principal location for the cult experimental feature film The Other Side of the Underneath (1972) written and directed by Jane Arden.

Notes

  1. ^ Cwmtillery ward statistics Office for National Statistics, 2001
  2. ^ Davies, John; Jenkins, Nigel (2008). The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6. 
  3. ^ Cwmtillery Colliery welshcoalmines.co.uk

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