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|country=Wales
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|welsh_name=Aber Valley
|welsh_name=Cwm Aber
|latitude=51.60480
|latitude=51.60480
|longitude=-3.26964
|longitude=-3.26964
|official_name=Aber Valley
|official_name=Aber Valley
|unitary_wales=[[Caerphilly]]
|unitary_wales=[[Caerphilly]]
|lieutenancy_wales=[[South Glamorgan]]
|lieutenancy_wales=[[Mid Glamorgan]]
|post_town=Aber Valley
|post_town=Aber Valley
|postcode_district= CF83
|postcode_district= CF83
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'''Aber Valley''' is a Valley[[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Mid Glamorgan], [[Wales]]. It is located in South East Wales has two main communities - [[Abertridwr, Caerphilly|Abertridwr]] and [[Senghenydd]] which grew around the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.Senghenydd having a longer history than abertridwr,senghenydd was once a cantref or hundred which spanned a greater distance than its modern boundaries encompassing quite a few of the nearby villages retaining a deal of autonomy throughout foreign rule.
'''Aber Valley''' is a Valley[[Community (Wales)|community]] in [[Mid Glamorgan], [[Wales]]. It is located in South East Wales has two main communities - [[Abertridwr, Caerphilly|Abertridwr]] and [[Senghenydd]] which grew around the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.Senghenydd having a longer history than abertridwr.Senghenydd was once a cantref or hundred which spanned a greater distance than its modern boundaries encompassing quite a few of the nearby villages retaining a deal of autonomy throughout foreign rule.


The Aber Valley Heritage Group have established a Heritage Museum situated within Senghenydd Community Centre in order to commemorate the scene of the largest mining disaster in British history: the 1913 [[Senghenydd Colliery Disaster]] when 439 miners lost their lives.<ref>[http://www.visitwales.com/attraction-search/attraction-search-results/attraction-search-details?id=1070240&industry=TEA&location=wales&radius=10&filterIds=&city=&price=&latitude=51.61034&longitude=-3.272566 Visit Wales website]. Title: Aber Valley Heritage Centre & Museum . Accessed 17 May 2014</ref> The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir was created in 1959.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/aber-valley-male-voice-choir/ BBC website.] Title: Aber Valley Male Voice Choir. Accsessed 17 May 2014.</ref>
The Aber Valley Heritage Group have established a Heritage Museum situated within Senghenydd Community Centre in order to commemorate the scene of the largest mining disaster in British history: the 1913 [[Senghenydd Colliery Disaster]] when 439 miners lost their lives.<ref>[http://www.visitwales.com/attraction-search/attraction-search-results/attraction-search-details?id=1070240&industry=TEA&location=wales&radius=10&filterIds=&city=&price=&latitude=51.61034&longitude=-3.272566 Visit Wales website]. Title: Aber Valley Heritage Centre & Museum . Accessed 17 May 2014</ref> The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir was created in 1959.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/aber-valley-male-voice-choir/ BBC website.] Title: Aber Valley Male Voice Choir. Accsessed 17 May 2014.</ref>

Revision as of 20:05, 17 August 2015

Aber Valley
OS grid referenceST1156390715
Principal area
Preserved county
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAber Valley
Postcode districtCF83
Dialling code029
PoliceGwent
FireSouth Wales
AmbulanceWelsh
List of places
UK
Wales
Caerphilly

Aber Valley is a Valleycommunity in [[Mid Glamorgan], Wales. It is located in South East Wales has two main communities - Abertridwr and Senghenydd which grew around the mining industry in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.Senghenydd having a longer history than abertridwr.Senghenydd was once a cantref or hundred which spanned a greater distance than its modern boundaries encompassing quite a few of the nearby villages retaining a deal of autonomy throughout foreign rule.

The Aber Valley Heritage Group have established a Heritage Museum situated within Senghenydd Community Centre in order to commemorate the scene of the largest mining disaster in British history: the 1913 Senghenydd Colliery Disaster when 439 miners lost their lives.[1] The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir was created in 1959.[2]

References

  1. ^ Visit Wales website. Title: Aber Valley Heritage Centre & Museum . Accessed 17 May 2014
  2. ^ BBC website. Title: Aber Valley Male Voice Choir. Accsessed 17 May 2014.


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