Blackwood & Around Through Time
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Through Time
ISBN-10
1445633086
ISBN-13
9781445633084
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 15th, 2013
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
306 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.40 x 0.80 cms
Product Classification:
South WalesLocal historyPlaces in old photographs
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Blackwood has changed and developed over the last century.
Looking at the local place names leaves no doubt that Blackwood and its environs were, at one time, 100 per cent Welsh. Situated within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, now Caerphilly, the advent of the iron and coal industry at the head of the valley changed all that; but more important, perhaps, was the construction of the Sirhowy Tramroad, linking Tredegar with Newport. The area originally called Coed Duon soon became known as Blackwood. It was a centre of Chartist organisation in the 1830s and the Newport Rising was planned here. The decline of the mining industry in the twentieth century reduced the population of the area and several rejuvenation schemes have now restored the pictorial landscape to its former glory, although there is still evidence of this former industry.
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