Crosskeys
Crosskeys (Welsh: Pont-y-cymer) is a veellage, community an an electoral ward in Caerphilly county Burgh in Wales.
Crosskeys
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  Crosskeys Location within Wales | |
| Population | 3,265 (2011))[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST225915 |
| Principal area | |
| Ceremonial coonty | |
| Kintra | Wales |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | NEWPORT |
| Postcode destrict | NP11 |
| Diallin code | 01495 27 |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Pairlament | Wales |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Welsh Assemmly | |
Location eedit
Crosskeys is seeven mile northwast o Newport, juist past Risca aff the A467 road. Locatit naur tae the confluence o the Ebbw River an the Sirhowy River, it wis originally cawed Pont-y-cymer.[2] The name 'Crosskeys' is taen frae the name o the local hotel,[3] awtho there is some variation in spelling wi the train station an Ordinance survey maps uisin Crosskeys but the local rugby club an ither local organisations uisin Cross Keys.
History eedit
Crosskeys is a South Wales Valleys community, in the historic boundaries o Monmouthshire, ance pairt o the coal mining community o the South Wales coalfield an originally developed as pairt o Risca frae the 1830s tae serve the local mines - first the Black Vein an later the New Risca pits, baith o whit haed lairge explosions durin the later pairt o the 19t century.
The original Crosskeys station haed twa platforms an a set o steps in-atween them as the ane wis considerably higher than the ither. This wis due tae the ane line running tae Ebbw Vale[4] an the ither tae Blackwood an Oakdale.[4]
References eedit
- ↑ "Ward/community population 2011". Archived frae the original on 27 Apryle 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ↑ http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/loopsandlinks/pdf/crosskeys.pdf
- ↑ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales page 178, John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
- ↑ a b Empty citation (help)
External links eedit
- Crosskeys website has many pictures o the airie.