Abertillery History

J. Chivers & Sons – Cwmtillery. J. Chivers & Sons, Cwmtillery, a Hamilton design pop bottle embossed with the trademark fountain. Made from glass. Size 7 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ inches. Capacity 6oz. 

J. Chivers and Sons – Cwmtylery. A Joseph Chivers and Sons, Cwmtylery, pop bottle without the trademark fountain and the old Welsh spelling of Cwmtylery. It is a “Reliance Patent” Codd bottle by Dan Rylands of Barnsley.   Made from glass. Size 9″ x 2 1/2″ inches.

Chivers Bros of Cwmtylery Beer Bottle. This is a rare Chivers Bros of Cwmtylery Beer Bottle. It is a green glass blob-top cork stopper beer bottle embossed with Chivers Bros of Cwmtylery and their trade mark fountain. Made from glass. Made by Redfearns of Barnsley, the makers name and place is embossed on the base of the bottle. Size – …

Chivers Bros – Cwmtillery. Chivers Bros, Cwmtillery, pop bottle embossed with the trademark fountain. Made from glass. Size 9″ x 2 1/2″ inches.

Mr J. Chivers & Sons Cwmtillery – Ale and Porter Bottle. This is one of a few different design Ale and Porter Bottles produced for the J. Chivers & Sons Brewer Cwmtillery Cwmtylery. Size 7″ x 3″ inches. This design is a rarer impressed print on the shoulder and there is also a similar version with a common transfer print …

Mr J. Chivers & Sons Cwmtillery – Ale and Porter Bottle. This is one of a few different design Ale and Porter Bottles produced for the J. Chivers & Sons Brewer Cwmtillery, Cwmtylery. This is the smaller version. Size 7″ x 3″ inches. This design is a common transfer print on the shoulder and there is also a similar much …

Mr Joseph Chivers – The Tillery Fountain Inn and Chivers & Sons Brewery Cwmtylery. Mr Joseph Chivers was born in 1830 at Kilmersdon, Somerset, the son of Joseph and Ann Chivers. The family came to Cwmtillery from Somerset in the late 1840’s his father was a miner and worked at Cwmtillery Colliery, known as The South Wales Colliery at the …

Mr J. Chivers & Sons Cwmtillery – Ale and Porter Bottle. This is one of a few different design Ale and Porter Bottles produced for the J. Chivers & Sons Brewer Cwmtillery, Cwmtylery. This is the larger 0ne pint version. Size 9″ x 4″ inches. The earlier type of stoneware bottle is of a white coloured dumpy design with a …

Abertillery Rugby Football Team The Monmouthshire League Champions 1905-1906. Top Row – Mr F. Read (Treasurer); Mr George Tillings (Chairman); Mr E. J. Williams (President); Mr E. Jones Williams J.P.; Mr J. James (Secretary) and Mr John Stephens (Trainer): Second Row – Mr T. Dykes; Mr Abe Jones; Mr Lionel Thomas; Mr Alfred (Jim) Webb; Mr Jake Blackmore and Mr …

Penybont Cwmtillery – By Product Works, Washery & Coke Ovens. Prior to 1911 the Cwmtillery Coke Ovens were located in the grounds of Cwmtillery Colliery. Following is a Link  to – The Original Coke Ovens at Cwmtillery Colliery The By-Product Plant. The map (left) shows the area in 1901, about ten years before the by-product plant, washery and coke works …