Abertillery Rugby Football Club. There is a consensus that the Abertillery Rugby Football Club was formed in 1883. I have thoroughly searched all newspaper reports from that time but can’t find any information or details of their set-up. The earliest mention of the team in official reports that are available is in 1884 when the Abertillery Rugby Football Club played …
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Abertillery v Australia Rugby Football Club – December 1908. The Visit by the Wallabies. During the 1907-08 season, the Abertillery Rugby Football Team won the Monmouthshire League with a record of – Played 37 games and won 31, losing six. They amassed a total of 436 points for with only 104 points against. On June 24th, 1908, at a meeting at …
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The Australian “Wallabies” Rugby Football Tour of the British Isles – The team that played Abertillery in 1908. The Abertillery Team held the Wallabies to a 3-3* draw and set two records at the time. The first team to hold the Aussies to a draw and that it was the first time the Wallabies failed to cross an opponents line. …
Read More »Mr Alfred Prosser Williams 1849-1932. Mr Alfred Prosser Williams – A. P. Williams born on 25th of March 1849, was one of Abertillery’s most renowned building contractors. He constructed the new Market Hall building, the Globe Hotel, the St Michaels Vicarage in Church Street and also re-built St Michaels Church, he built the Co-operative Store in Church Street. He built …
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The First Reading Rooms at Abertillery in 1856. Long before Mr Thomas Wilde Powell came to the valley, education was at the forefront of the long-term planning for the town’s workforce by the industrialists. One of these who pushed for education was Sir Thomas Phillips, he fought for the Welsh language and worked closely with Messrs T. P. & D. …
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Lady Christiana Jane Herringham nee Powell. Miss Christiana Powell, born 1852, married Physician Sir Wilmot Parker Herringham K.C.M.G., C.B. (1855-1936) on the 1st of September 1880 at the Parish Church, Guildford, Surrey. Sir Wilmot Parker Herringham was awarded the (Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, a British order of chivalry that honours individuals for their service …
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St Michael’s Church Abertillery. Abertillery in the 1830’s-40’s was practically non-existent, a few farms and one main small iron works owned by Mr Richard Walker of Trevethin, Pontypool, father-in-law to Mr William Webb, Brewster of Aberbeeg. Mr Walker’s Iron Works were situated where Tesco’s Supermarket is today. In the mid 1840’s Mr Walker went bankrupt and he sold the works. …
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The Hebrew Synagogue – Abertillery. In the late 1880’s there was a temporary synagogue for the Hebrew congregation at Bailey Street, Brynmawr. Reports mentioned it was at Heathcock House? The president was Mr B. Isaacs and the vice-president was Mr I. Isaacs. The minister was Rev Rocowsky. In February 1891 a fight broke out at the synagogue during the Saturday …
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Newall Street Methodist Chapel. On Monday 8th of May 1905, at a council meeting, plans were put forth for the erection of a Primitive Methodist Chapel at Newall Street, Abertillery. The chapel was to be built to ease the overcrowding at the Methodists Chapel on Somerset Street and was to be its sister chapel. In 1906 the building of the …
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Blaenau Gwent Primitive Methodist Chapel. The Blaenau Gwent Primitive Methodist Chapel is situated at the top of Ty Bryn Road, behind the Blaenau Gwent Rows. It was reportedly built in 1883. There is a date stone on the front of the chapel though I cannot verify the exact original construction date as no records are available at this present time. …
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