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  Abertillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abertillery (Welsh: Abertyleri) is a town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent and the traditional county of Monmouthshire in southern Wales, 16 miles north-west of Newport, originally on the Great Western Railway.
Its population rose steeply during the period of mining development in the Rhondda valleys, being 10,846 in the 1891 census and 21,945 ten years later.
Noted for its unspoilt rural scenery, Abertillery neighbours the small districts of Aberbeeg and Cwmtillery.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abertillery   (378 words)

  
 abertillery-net.co.uk
Abertillery is an urban whereabouts incoming the power in Monmouthshire, Wales, 16 miles north-west in reference to Newport, chiefly in the Great feature Railway.
Abertillery has a traditional-style metropolitan area centre and defined least schools.
Noted for its unspoilt undissimulating scenery, Abertillery neighbours together with the two-by-four districts in relation with Aberbeeg and Cwmtillery.
www.abertillery-net.co.uk   (186 words)

  
 HISTORY OF ABERTILLERY - HANES ABERTYLERI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
By the early 1920s, Abertillery became the second largest town in the county of Monmouthshire, exceeded only by Newport.
At this time, Abertillery was still a collection of just a few houses and a small ironworks (see 1840 tithe map opposite), but according to evidence at the ensuing trials there was a small rebel group located there.
However, the industrial revolution faltered in Abertillery in the mid-1870s and the growth experienced in the previous 30 years or so came to a halt such that people who had moved into the area started to move away.
www.abertillery.net /history.html   (1531 words)

  
 Richards Double Seals Away Win For Village || Garden Village AFC - The Official website of Garden Village AFC. News and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery had taken a first-half lead but goals from Marc Lloyd and Ashley Richards (2) were enough to see off the Gwent side, who had a man sent off during the game.
Shortly afterwards Abertillery took the lead with the aid of some poor defending, which allowed their player to go through on goal and comfortably slot the ball underneath Cole.
One of the Abertillery strikers was alleged to have raised his arm and struck Steve Bater in the head when play had already moved away from them.
www.sportnetwork.net /main/s221/st84843.htm   (537 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Celtic | Abertillery withdraw from Cup
Abertillery RFC have become the second club to withdraw from the Principality Cup in protest over the handling of the fifth-round draw.
Abertillery, currently in the bottom half of Division Two, were handed an away draw against Division One high-flyers Aberavon.
Abertillery chairman Martyn Edwards said he was disappointed by the WRU's refusal to accept responsibility for botching the draw or to offer any kind of apology to the clubs.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_union/celtic/2560887.stm   (313 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Welsh | Abertillery keep hope alive
Abertillery RFC are confident of being able to field a team this weekend, raising hope that the cash-strapped club can carry on.
The Gwent club, one of the elite merit-table sides from the great amateur days of Welsh rugby, are in danger of going to the wall and have been unable to fulfill any of their fixtures so far this season.
That fate still hangs over Abertillery, and if that should happen the club could find itself demoted to the lowest level of the league pyramid.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/3093524.stm   (330 words)

  
 Abertillery Town Cricket Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery captain Dave 'Mozzer' Morris began the day fighting the demons that enter his mind regarding the decision should he win the toss.
St Fagans elected to bat, leaving Abertillery to bowl and field under the intense early afternoon sun.
The blend of youth and experience that is Geraint Langdon and Deadly Derek Flay opened the bowling and both found it difficult to maintain a consistent line against the left and right hand opening combination of St Fagans.
www.abertillerycricket.com /writeup.php?gameid=33   (1212 words)

  
 Abertillery Community & Congregation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery is a town in the Welsh Valleys with a population of about 18,000.
Abertillery is located at the junction of the river Tillery and the river Ebbw Fach.
Until 1974 - the urban district of Abertillery in the county of Monmouthshire
www.jewishgen.org /jcr-uk/Community/val1_abertillery   (84 words)

  
 Abertillery Office - Davis & Sons
Abertillery is found within the growing ‘County Borough of Blaenau Gwent.’ This is an area of contrasting beauty where permanent reminders of its industrial past are nestled amongst the rugged mountain landscape.
The area is receiving a large amount of investment in a local re-generation scheme, with the re-opening of the railway line due for late 2007 and the old institute having been given permission for an overhaul with the introduction of an internet café and an extension to the existing school.
Should you have any queries about buying or selling a property in or around Abertillery, or would like further information about any of the properties featured on this section of the site, please feel free to contact the Abertillery office.
www.davisandsons.net /abertillery   (236 words)

  
 Abertillery Museum Newsletter
Amy was brought up performing with Abertillery Orpheus Choir and recently fulfilled a childhood dream by making her debut on the professional stage performing in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance at Cardiff’s New Theatre, as a member of the Carl Rosa Theatre Company.
War Memorials We tend to think of statues such as the one in Abertillery but those who lost their lives in war are remembered in many ways and Don will be pleased to point out the memorials in our own Museum.
Abertillery is often called the ‘Metropolis of the Western Valleys’ with some of the largest and finest shops in the county, if few public buildings.
www.cwmtillery.com /museum/newsletter_november06.htm   (2674 words)

  
 Blackwood 31 Abertillery 22   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery finished the stronger with a late try, but it did little to reduce the deficit against the home side, who cruised home with a purple patch either side of half time.
The Green and Whites arrived at Glan-yr-afon Park as the comparative underdogs, have suffered three consecutive defeats, but on first glance they appeared to be out to prove otherwise.
Abertillery returned from the break hoping for a repeat performance of the start of the first half, but Blackwood had other ideas and collected a further twelve points within seven minutes through tries from wings Duane Heard and Darren Starr.
freespace.virgin.net /martyn.rees/reports99/r290100.htm   (446 words)

  
 Welsh Rugby Union : Abertillery Drop Out Of Cup
Abertillery became the 17th club to withdraw from the Principality Cup in Wales this season, when they declined to visit Aberavon in a fifth round tie on December 21.
Abertillery secretary Garth Collier stated: 'We are following the line taken by Brynmawr and that the draw was unfair.' His chairman, Martin Edwards, added: 'We feel that there should have been a re-draw and that there is still time to do one.'
Oddly, the WRU have ordered Carmarthen Quins and Aberavon to meet in a previously-postponed league Division One match on December 18, but the clubs hope to move that to December 21 - the date they should have appeared in the Cup.
www.wru.co.uk /114_1566.php   (214 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Abertillery: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Dr S.W. Wheaton's report to the Local Government Board upon the sanitary circumstances and sanitary administration in the Abertillery Urban District (Reports...
was the infant mortality rate in the region that in Abertillery in 1935, more than eleven infants in every hundred had...
Abertillery and Newbridge in Monmouthshire, Barry in Glamorgan, Coventry.
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Abertillery&tag=httpexplaguid-20&index=books&link_code=qs&page=1   (566 words)

  
 Abertillery Web Page
World War II enforced a break from 1939 and it was not until 1951 that the society was re-formed, with a performance of the Pirates of Penzance at Llanhilleth's Workman's Hall.
What a Millennium gift to the people of Abertillery when, to quote Robert Page (his father kept Langdon's) "almost every other major community between Land's End and John O'Groats is currently being enhanced by the provision of a performing arts venue, worthy of mounting all but the most sophisticated of Productions".
If the theatre is lost to Abertillery a significant part of the town's heritage will disappear and, more importantly, so will its availability to future generations of residents.
freespace.virgin.net /sarahian.1260   (1665 words)

  
 PColemanAbertillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Bishop of Monmouth, the Rt Revd Dominic Walker OGS, is pleased to announce that he has appointed Father Patrick Coleman to be the Priest-in-Charge of Abertillery and Cwmtillery.
Fr Patrick is at present the Rector of Goetre, Vicar of Llanover, and Director of Continuing Ministerial Education in the Diocese of Monmouth.
Both he and his father have been members of the Abertillery Orpheus Male Voice Choir.
www.churchinwales.org.uk /monmouth/news/press/PColemanAbertillery.html   (339 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Celtic | Abertillery back in Cup
Abertillery RFC have gone back on their decision to withdraw from the Principality Cup.
The club had told the WRU that they would not travel to Aberavon for their fifth-round tie in protest at the handling of the botched draw.
The move was in support of Division Two side Brynmawr who pulled out of the competition after the Union refused to sanction a re-draw.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/rugby_union/celtic/2583669.stm   (184 words)

  
 Delwyn Jones Tournament
The fields had to be taped off, signs put up, start to cook the food - nothing like it to bring out the team spirit between all the volunteers.
Due to the news that a number of sides would not be coming caused the committee extra work in rearranging fixtures, but we managed to start the day on schedule.
So if you would like to donate or contribute in any way to a good cause and to the memory of a very special boy, please contact any of the committee members.
www.btinternet.com /~abertillery.minijunior/delwyn_jones_tournament.htm   (765 words)

  
 Learning Module Page: [abertillery.bg.digitalbrain.com]
On 17th July 2006 17 pupils from Abertillery Comprehensive School were flying to Sri Lanka for a 3 week life-changing project.
After 9 months of hard work to raise the £1300 they each needed to achieve their dream, they all went in rescue of a nursery school that was devastated by the Tsunami in December 2004.
I would like to remind all pupils who are having lessons that they should be practicing each week and are responsible for arriving at their lesson on time and with the correct equipment.
abertillery.bg.digitalbrain.com /bg/schools/abertillery/web/news/News   (1872 words)

  
 BBC - South East Wales Walks - Silent Valley and Abertillery
Ok, Abertillery could do with a makeover and new investment is sorely needed, but the scenery and general area is beautiful, with this as a backdrop perhaps the Welsh assembly could start to invest more in Blaenau Gwent and do more to encourage new industry to the area!!!
The last time I was in the place of birth was in the summer of 1979.
abertillery has got to be the worst place in history.
www.bbc.co.uk /wales/southeast/sites/walks/pages/silentvalley.shtml   (629 words)

  
 Abertillery - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The town, an agricultural market, produces tin plate and has a brewing industry.
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Abertillery" at HighBeam.
Rugby Union: Abertillery fighting for their survival as interest dims; Proud club are struggling to raise a team to carry on the battle for the new season.(Sport)
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-abertill.html   (183 words)

  
 Local bus, coach and rail information for Abertillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery is in the Blaenau Gwent council area (Postcode: NP13).
Click here for train bookings and services from the nearest station to Abertillery.
For Ordnance Survey or electronic maps of Abertillery click here, or for an aerial map click here.
www.carlberry.co.uk /rfnshowl.asp?L1=ABE002   (232 words)

  
 KELLY'S DIRECTORY OF MONMOUTHSHIRE, 1901
CWMTILLERY is a hamlet, lying in a dingle, about a mile and a half north from Abertillery.
The church of St. Paul, a chapel of ease to Abertillery, erected in 1890 at a cost of £1,250, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, vestry, north porch and a western turret containing one bell; there are 305 sittings.
Attached is a burial ground of one acre, under the control of the vicar of Abertillery.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~familyalbum/ktillery.htm   (1296 words)

  
 Abertillery RFC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team.
Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery.
Abertillery RFC played in the Welsh National League (Division Five East), in the 2004/2005 season.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abertillery_RFC   (182 words)

  
 Abertillery Town Cricket Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Two of the Monkswood batsmen put up some good resistance – John Storey worked hard for his 45 before being bowled by Davies, and leg spin bowler Kevin Pilley batted well for his 25 when he was stumped by Cooper off Rogers.
The home team finished on 129-6 from their 35 overs, giving Abertillery a 47 run victory.
All in all, an excellent workout for the boys, hopefully just the first of many before the league season begins on May 3rd.
www.abertillerycricket.com /writeup.php?gameid=19   (490 words)

  
 BBC - South East Wales - Your Say - Mad About Music - Goldie Lookin Chain in Abertillery reviewed by Rob Jones
Rob Jones sees the Newport rap crew lay on a treat for the youth of Abertillery in a special warmup show for their first ever headlining UK tour in October 2004.
Should Irvine Welsh be looking for a new project, he need look no further than to compile a study on the wacky and wonderful world of nutty Newport hip hop chart champions Goldie Lookin Chain.
The gathered throng at the Abertillery Arena was about as diverse a selection of personnel as could congregate in the tightly packed venue.
bbc.co.uk /wales/southeast/yoursay/topics/music_glc_abertillery.shtml   (532 words)

  
 Flower Delivery Abertillery | Florists Abertillery | Send Flowers Abertillery | Online Flower Shop
You can send a full range of premium quality flower bouquets to be delivered to Abertillery.
Serenata Flowers is one of the leading Florists in the UK and delivers flowers daily to Abertillery.
You can rest assure that your flower order to Abertillery is treated with the utmost care by our professional florists.
www.serenataflowers.com /sendflowers/Abertillery.htm   (596 words)

  
 Abertillery Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery Park had a running track from at least the 1950s and was still use until at least the 1970s.
The track was also used for cycle races.
The ground is the home of Abertillery RFC.
www.runtrackdir.com /details.asp?track=abertillery   (91 words)

  
 Community in Abertillery - UpMyStreet
Function rooms and halls for hire in Abertillery
Hold your party in a local function room or hall for hire.
Places of worship and religious organisations in Abertillery
upmystreet.com /UK/findmynearest/community/.../gwent/Abertillery.html   (148 words)

  
 Abertillery Primary School, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Abertillery Primary School, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, United Kingdom
If you are Abertillery Primary School alumni then just fill up the registration form and find out your long lost batchmates.
Is Abertillery Primary School not the institute you are searching for ?
www.batchmates.com /institution/instdetails.asp?instcode=11973   (41 words)

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