Abertillery History

Tyr Sammy’s Farm. Ty Sammy’s Farm was located on the eastern side of Mynydd James, upon the mountain road between Clyn Mawr Uchaf and Coed Castellau Farm. The 1840 Tithe Map. Apart from the odd newspaper article there is a lack of early information on the occupants at Tyr Sammy’s Farm. There doesn’t seem to be any record of its …

Glo-Byllau Farm. (Information to come).

Ty Arthur Farm. (Information to come).

Arail Farm. Arail Farm, more commonly known as Arael Farm, is located on the southern tip of the Arael Mountain, to the east of Cwm Beeg Dingle. Cistercian Monks. A story appeared in the South Wales Gazette, Friday 1st of May 1959 written by Councillor Mr Brinley Evans, under the pen name “Arael”. Mr Evans wrote of the Arael Farm’s …

Penrhiwllech Farm. Penrhiwllech Farm, had been a long established homestead located on the western side of Cwm Beeg Dingle, on the southern tip of the Arael Mountain, Aberbeeg. Penrhiwllech was one of a reported four homesteads on that south western side, the others being Hafod-y-Daval, Pen-Crug-Glas and Llan-Dafal. The Arael Mountain. That part of the summit on the Arael Mountain …

Hafod-y-Daval Farm. Hafod-y-Daval Farm, had been a long established homestead located on the western side of Cwm Beeg Dingle, on the southern tip of the Arael Mountain, Aberbeeg. Hafod-y-Daval (summer tenure or residence) was one of a reported four homesteads on that south western side, the others being Penrhiwllech, Pen-Crug-Glas and Llan-Dafal. The Arael Mountain. That part of the summit …

Llan-dafal Farm. (Information to come).

The Cwm Hotel – Abertillery. In the late 1890’s Messrs Monks and Parfitt, contractors of Newport began constructing the new road on the eastern side of the valley from Abertillery to Six Bells, this new road was to be called Alexandra Road. Messrs Webb Bros, Brewers of Aberbeeg saw an opportunity to have a new hotel built on this new …

The Mount Pleasant Inn – Abertillery. The Mount Pleasant Inn began as a beer house and inn, built sometime in the 1860’s. It was a small building adjoining a row of terraced houses, ten in number, called Watkins Row, much later renamed Mount Pleasant Row. Mr and Mrs Joseph Watkins. On the 1871 census, Mr Joseph Watkins was an innkeeper …

Church House, No1 Church Street, Abertillery. No1 Church Street, Abertillery was known as Church House and was one of the earliest buildings on Church Street. It appeared on a map from the 1870’s in which it stood on its own at the corner of Church Street and High Street. On the 1861 census it was listed as St Michael’s Church …