Crosskeys
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 | |
Crosskeys (Welsh: Pont-y-cymer) is a veellage, community an an electoral ward in Caerphilly county Burgh in Wales.
Location[eedit | eedit soorce]
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 | eedit soorce]
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 | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "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 | eedit soorce]
- Crosskeys website has many pictures o the airie.