ABERCARN
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The Village
Abercarn is an important and flourishing parish and Urban District, 10 miles northwest from Newport on the Western Valleys branch of the G.W. railway about mid-way between Newport and Ebbw Vale, and is intercepted by the river Ebbw, that part on the western side being known as the West End. It is in the Abertillery division of the county, hundred of Wentloog, petty sessional division of Bedwellty, county court district of Newport, rural deanery of Bassalleg, archdeaconry of Newport and diocese of Monmouth. At the Prince of Wales Colliery a terrible explosion occurred on September 11th, 1878, in which no less than 268 lives were lost.
Johns Newport Directory 1939
MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
PARISH RECORDS
Baptisms
Marriages
Burials
CENSUS RECORDS
TRADE DIRECTORIES
John's Newport 1939
MISCELLANEOUS
LINKS
Prince of Wales Colliery Explosion September 11th 1878 [Welsh Coal Mines website]
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