Abertillery History

Nantyglo Railway Station. In 1858 the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company entered into negotiations with Messrs Bailey of the Nantyglo Iron Works for a lease of their railway from Coalbrookvale to Nantyglo where they wanted to erect a railway station for passengers and goods. Permission was granted and the planning began. By 1859 the Nantyglo Railway Station was under construction. …

Mr Joseph Simons. Mr Joseph Simons was born in 1864 at Galicia, Vienna, Austria. The family first came to Brynmawr in about 1881. In 1885 Mr Joseph Simons moved to Abertillery and married Miss Prescilla Lyons of Newport, Monmouthshire and opened a furniture business at Abertillery. On the various census records it stated that Mrs Prescilla Simons nee Lyons was …

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs Webb’s Special Ale Beer Bottle.  Made from brown coloured glass. Size 8″ x 2 1/4″ inches. Dated 1950’s to 1970’s. 

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs J. R. & T. A. Webb, Spirit Merchant, Aberbeeg, Nr Newport. Circa 1900. Size 20″ x 11″ inches. Capacity 4 gallon. Made for Messrs Webb by Messrs Price of Bristol. 

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs Webb’s Aberbeeg Ltd, Brewers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Aberbeeg. Circa 1915. Size 12″ x 7″ inches. Capacity 1 gallon. Made for Messrs Webb by Messrs Hunt of Liverpool. 

Webb’s Aberbeeg – Stoneware Bottle. Messrs J. R. & T. A. Webb, Spirit Merchant, Aberbeeg, Nr Newport. Circa 1900. Size 13″ x 7″ inches. Capacity 1 gallon. Made for Messrs Webb by Messrs Price of Bristol. 

Mr Tom Evans – Jeweller. Mr Frederick Thomas Evans known as Tom Evans, was born in 1887 at Abertillery, the son of Francis and Elizabeth Evans proprietors of the Royal Oak Inn, Abertillery. The Jewel Box. In 1907 Mr Tom Evans opened a jewellery shop at 37 Church Street, Abertillery (as seen to the left in the main featured image …

The D.I.Y. Centre – Abertillery. A receipt from the D.I.Y. Centre, No.80a Somerset Street, Abertillery for materials and work carried out at the Rose Heyworth Club. Dated January 1972.

Bernard Jones – Newsagent. A receipt for the supply of newspapers from Bernard Jones, Newsagent at No.6 Carlyle Street, Abertillery, for the Rose Heyworth Club. The receipt was for the period between July 1971 and April 1972, 35 weeks plus the Christmas period editions for the total £7.35p. Dated 4th April 1972.

Bryn Hammond – Abertillery. A receipt from Bryn Hammond, Wholesale Grocers, Provision Merchants, Confectioners and Tobacconist of Richmond Road, Abertillery, for provisions for food for the Rose Heyworth Club Darts Team. Dated 1st January 1972.