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Aber Valley
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  Aber Valley Location within Caerphilly | |
| Population | 6,799 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST1156390715 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Caerphilly |
| Postcode district | CF83 |
| Dialling code | 029 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Aber Valley is a Valley community in Caerphilly county borough, South 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 encompassing quite a large area.
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.[2] The Aber Valley Male Voice Choir was created in 1959.[3]
References
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Visit Wales website Archived May 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Title: Aber Valley Heritage Centre & Museum . Accessed 17 May 2014
- ^ BBC website. Title: Aber Valley Male Voice Choir. Accessed 17 May 2014.
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