Oakdale Colliery, Wales
Oakdale Colliery was a coal mine located in the Sirhowy Valley, one of the valleys of South Wales. In the early years of the twentieth …
Wales
Aber (LNWR) Railway Station
Aber railway station was a railway station on the North Wales Coast Line in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. Although trains still pass on the …
Birchgrove Railway Station, Wales, UK
Birchgrove railway station is a railway station serving Birchgrove, Cardiff. It is located on the City Line 6 km (3¾ miles) north of Cardiff Central, …
Shaftesbury, Newport, Wales, UK
Shaftesbury is an electoral district (ward) and coterminous community parish of the city of Newport, South Wales.
Alway, Newport, Wales, UK
Alway is an electoral district (ward) and coterminous community (parish) of the city of Newport. The ward is bounded by the Great Western Main Line …
John Batchelor (Politician)
John Batchelor (1820–1883) was a prominent Welsh Victorian businessman and politician, who earned the epithet “Friend of Freedom”. Although born in Newport, Monmouthsire, Batchelor became …
Isca Augusta, Newport, UK
Isca Augusta (or Isca Silurum) was a Roman legionary fortress and settlement, the remains of which lie beneath parts of the present-day village of Caerleon …
ROF Newport
ROF Newport was World War II Royal Ordnance Factory that produced guns. Building started on a former allotment site off Corporation Road, Newport in April …
All Saints’ Church, Gresford, Wales
All Saints’ Church stands in the former coal mining village of Gresford in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. The bells of the parish church of All …
Bassaleg, Newport, Wales, UK
Bassaleg is a small semi-urban suburb on the west side of the city of Newport, in south Wales. It lies in the Graig electoral ward …