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Drafts/Notes
[edit]- User:Robevans123/MonSMsTryout
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/All Saints, Llanfrechfa
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Charles Spagnoletti
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Cwmbran Central
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Cwmbran Development Corporation
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/GWR 5700 Notes
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/GWR People
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Henllys, Torfaen
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/James Milne (railway manager)
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/James Wilkinson (railway manager)
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Joseph Wilkinson (railway manager)
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Lillie Bridge depot
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Liverpool-Crewe service
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/MonSMsTryout
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Neasden depot
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Newton Aycliffe railway works
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Pontypool Rural District Council
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Route Templates
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Template:ATOC Connecting Communities Report
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Template:Transport in Caerphilly
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Template:Transport in Caerphilly County Borough
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/TorfaenRetabled
- User:Robevans123/sandbox/Transport in Torfaen
Listed buildings/scheduled monuments
[edit]Grade I listed buildings in various areas - used in See Also sections
- Grade I listed buildings in Torfaen
- Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire
- Grade I listed buildings in Newport
- Grade I listed buildings in Powys
- Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire
- Grade I listed buildings in Forest of Dean
- Grade I listed buildings in Caerphilly
- Grade I listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent - does not exist use next one
- Grade II* listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent - there are currently no Grade I listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent
- Grade I listed buildings in Cardiff
- Grade I listed buildings in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Grade I listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil
And now the Grade II* related lists
- Grade II* listed buildings in Torfaen
- Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire
- Grade II* listed buildings in Newport
- Grade II* listed buildings in Powys
- Grade II* listed buildings in Herefordshire
- Grade II* listed buildings in Forest of Dean
- Grade II* listed buildings in Caerphilly
- Grade II* listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent
- Grade II* listed buildings in Cardiff
- Grade II* listed buildings in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Grade II* listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil
And now the Scheduled Monuments in related lists
- Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen
- Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire
- Scheduled Monuments in Newport
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Powys - does not exist yet
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Herefordshire - does not exist yet
- List of Scheduled Monuments in Forest of Dean - does not exist yet
- Scheduled Monuments in Caerphilly
- Scheduled Monuments in Blaenau Gwent
- Scheduled Monuments in Cardiff
- Scheduled Monuments in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Scheduled Monuments in Merthyr Tydfil
Pontypool Rural District Council
[edit]Created 1894
Intro
[edit]The community of Llanyrafon includes the housing estate of Llanyrafon and the northern part of Llanfrechfa. And a church.
History
[edit]First mention - the farm. Also effectively manor for parish of Llanfrechfa, into Llanfrechfa Lower (when did it disappear?)
Llanyrafon mill
Small farms
Toll house
Bath house
Llanyrafon house
Llanfrechfa Grange
White Hall
Housing on Caerleon Road
1949 Cwmbran New Town
1950s new estate/school/extending Caerleon Road
Shops built a bit later?
1970s by-pass, Police HQ, and county hall, boating lake, golf course, hotel commodore?
Llanyrafon Farm restored and opened. Boating lake refurbished. Hay meadow and community orchard old county hall demolished.
Amenities
[edit]- Llanyrafon Primary School
- Llanyrafon Methodist Church
- Doctor's surgery
- Dentist
- Post office (with ATM)
- Llanyrafon Social Centre
- Cwmbran Boating Lake
- Hay meadow and community orchard
- Llanyrafon Golf course, a 9 hole par 3 municipal course
- Park and playing fields
- Public house - The Crow's Nest
- Lakeside shops (newsagent, butchers, convenience store, dentist, fruit and vegetable shop, cafe and sandwich bar, fish and chip shop, chemist, barber (men), hairdresser (female), post office, and beauty salon)
- Furniture store (pine and oak)
- Hotel Commodore (now closed) http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/cy/Related-Documents/Planning/PlanningDecisions/22-04-13-to-26-04-13.pdf and http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/CouncillorsAndCommittees/Meetings/PlanningCommittee/2012/10/25/Agenda/Agenda-25-10-2012.pdf
- Llanyrafon Court Care Home
- Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital
Local groups
[edit]- 1st Llanyravon Scout Group (beavers, cubs, scouts), based at Llanyrafon Methodist Church Hall
- Guide group (Brownies and Guides) at Methodist Church hall
- Llanyrafon Community Association which manages the community centre
- Friends of Llanyrafon Farm
- Friends of Llanyrafon Mill
- Llanyrafon Drama Group
Local government
[edit]TCBC
[edit]For elections to TCBC, two electoral wards:
- Llanyrafon East
- Llanyrafon West
These replaced the old wards:
- Llanyrafon North
- Llanyrafon East
Last election
Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council
[edit]Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council. Two community wards (north and south) - not the same as old electoral wards.
Buildings
[edit]- Llanyrafon Farm
- Llanyrafon Mill
- Llanfrechfa Grange
- Gwent Police Headquarters
- Llanyrafon house
- Cwm Aaron/Cwm Heron farmhouse
- Waun-y-pwll farmhouse
And no longer:
- Former Gwent County Hall (now demolished)
- Bath house
- Toll house
- Whitehall ??
Old roads
[edit]Newport to Pontypool turnpike
Transport
[edit]- Road
- Rail
- Bus
Electoral wards
[edit]TCBC North and South, now West and East.
Community council
[edit]Croesy and Llanyrafon (North and South)
Listed buildings
[edit]- Stirrup Cup Country Club?
Torfaen Population Reference
[edit]The population of Torfaen is .(2022).[1]
Hillfort map - monmouthshire
[edit]List of re-useable references
[edit]All list of references for easy cutting and pasting into other pages.
Chapter 4 of a County History of MonmouthshireElliott, John (2011). "Chapter 4: The Iron and Steel Industry". In Williams, Chris; Williams, Sian Rhiannon (eds.). The Gwent County History. Volume 4: Industrial Monmouthshire, 1780–1914. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2365-6.
Chris Barber's EASTERN VALLEY The Story of Torfaen (with an example page number).[2]: 283
Mike Salter's book on churches (with embedded page number).[3]
The Buildings of Wales (Pevsner series) Gwent/Monmouthshire.[4] This book is available on the web - books.google.co.uk/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=new+county+hall+for+Gwent&source=bl&ots=1zRDUIJO6s&sig=rucdALrQzZKjt_fvdArTZ2JKJLU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dfymUqHLIYGI7Ab03IGABg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=new county hall for Gwent&f=false
Copyright?
Reference to London Gazette (with a page range, accessdate, and some text in the ref).[5]
Fred Hando's Monmouthshire Sketch Book.[6]
A reference to a map at the National Library of Scotlands online collection of maps.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^
Barber, Chris (1999). EASTERN VALLEY The Story of Torfaen (1st ed.). Abergavenny: Blorenge Books. ISBN 1 872730 23 X.
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: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Salter, Mike (2002). The Old Parish Churches of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower (2nd ed.). Malvern: Folly Publications. p. 25. ISBN 1-871-73160-7.
- ^ Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales (1st ed.). London: Yale University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-300-09630-5.
- ^ CDC CPO No. 59 (Henllys Expansion)
"No. 48087". The London Gazette. 1 Febuary 1980.
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(help) - ^ Hando, Fred J. (1954). Monmouthshire Sketch Book. Newport: R. H. Johns. p. 62.
- ^ Ordnance Survey ST39 Sheet 31/39 (Map). 1:25000. Provisional 1st Series. Ordnance Survey. 1951. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
Season's Greetings (Cyfarchion y Tymor)
[edit].
Pick and choose according to taste: Have a Wassailing Winter Solstice (Gwasaela Heuldro'r Gaeaf), Merry Christmas (Nadolig Llawen), Happy New Year (Blwyddyn Newydd Dda), or Grey Mare (Mari Lwyd) walkabout.
May your celebration go with you. Robevans123 (talk) 20:20, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
Regional Local Resilience Forums
[edit]Moved draft to main space at Emergency planning in Wales with this.