Abertillery History

Abertillery County School. A receipt for the purchase of 27 volumes of Punch magazine. Payment of £5. 5s 0d., sent by cheque from Mr Arthur Gait, Clerk to the Governors. Dated 9th November 1943.

Morgan & Francis Pontlottyn Stores Abertillery. A letter in connection with Burberry at the Pontlottyn Stores Abertillery. Dated 25th August 1922.

Bon Marche Abertillery. A receipt for insurance cover on a 17″ television from the Bon Marche Store. Dated 1st July 1961.

Bon Marche Abertillery. A receipt from the Bon Marche Store at Abertillery. Dated 14th September 1940.

Abertillery Tennis Club. A receipt for the Abertillery Tennis Club from the Newport and District Lawn Tennis League, for the sum of 12 shillings and 6 pence. Dated 27th April 1931.  

Mr G. H. Handy – Tobacconist and Newsagent. In 1900 Mr G. H. Handy opened a tobacconist, newsagents and fancy dealer shop at 25 & 26 Church Street Abertillery, opposite where Pritchard’s Chemist is today. The early advertisements showed they were also stationers. Mr George H. Handy was a coal miner and Mrs Mary Ann Handy was the shop proprietor. …

Clyn Mawr Ganol. Clyn Mawr Ganol (middle farm) was one of three ancient farms at Clyn Mawr, with Clyn Mawr Uchaf (upper farm), the Ganol and lower down close to where the Social Security Office is today was Clyn Mawr Isaf the (lower farm). The Clyn Mawr Ganol is seen (center-left) on the 1840 map, also seen on the map …

Harmston Music Store. The Harmston Music Warehouse Company was established at No1 Nicholas Street, Pontypool in 1887 by Mr Albert Edward Harmston of Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England. The company specialised in pianos and organs. In about 1890 the music store was taken over by Mr J. J. Harmston of Penygarn, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, the younger brother of Mr A. E. Harmston and …

The Highbury Club. In June 1909 the estate of Mrs Elizabeth Evans, ex-landlady of the Royal Oak Inn, Abertillery and landowner of large parts of the town was sold off at auction at the Market Hall, Abertillery. Land at Brynteg, owned by Mrs Elizabeth Evans, advertised as a freehold site and ready for building was situated (as seen in the …

Royal Oak Inn. The early history of Royal Oak Inn at Abertillery is a bit sketchy, there are just a few early reports on the inn, though in a National Library of Wales Newspaper from April 1902, a story was published on the history of St Michaels Church, Abertillery, as follows – Prior to St Michaels Church being constructed in …