Place:Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales

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NamePontypool
Alt namesPont-y-pŵlsource: Welsh equivalent
Blaendaresource: settlement in parish
Brynwernsource: settlement in parish
Cwmffrwdoersource: settlement in parish
New Innsource: settlement in parish
Penygarnsource: settlement in parish
Pontnewynyddsource: settlement in parish
Tranchsource: settlement in parish
Wainfelinsource: settlement in parish
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates51.703°N 3.041°W
Located inMonmouthshire, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inGwent, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Torfaen (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoTrevethin, Monmouthshire, Walesearlier parish in which it was located (before 1894)
Abersychan, Monmouthshire, Walesurban district area absorbed into Pontypool in 1935
Panteg, Monmouthshire, Walesurban district area absorbed into Pontypool in 1935
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
source: Family History Library Catalog


NOTE: Because Pontypool did not become a civil parish until 1894, all census entries, bmd registrations and church records for earlier dates will be found under the previous parish of Trevethin.


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Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town that is home to approximately 36,000 people. Since 1996 it has been located in the County Borough of Torfaen. Before 1996 it was located within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire until 1974 and then in the preserved county of Gwent between 1974 and 1996.

In 1894 Pontypool ceased to be a "township" within the parish of Trevethin and became an urban district and a civil parish named Pont-y-pŵl (the Welsh equivalent). In 1935 Pontypool Urban District expanded when the neighbouring urban districts of Abersychan and Panteg were abolished.

In addition to Abersychan, Panteg and Trevethen, Pontypool also includes several smaller districts: Griffithstown (including Sebastopol), Cwmffrwdoer, Pontnewynydd, Penygarn, Wainfelin, Tranch, Brynwern, Blaendare and New Inn. (Those in italics have been redirected here.)


History

The town is situated on the Afon Lwyd river on the eastern edge of the South Wales coalfields and grew around industries including iron and steel production, coal mining and the growth of the railways. A rather artistic manufacturing industry which also flourished here alongside heavy industry was japanning, whereby metal plate could be treated in a way that generated a lacquered and decorative finish.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Pontypool.

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