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Maes Manor is a country house near Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales.It dates mainly from the early 20th century and is notable for its gardens, designed by Thomas Mawson.Now a hotel, Maes Manor is a Grade II listed building and its gardens and grounds are listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales.
Blackwood (Welsh: Coed Duon or Coed-duon ⓘ) is a town, community and an electoral ward on the Sirhowy River in the South Wales Valleys administered as part of Caerphilly County Borough. It is located within the historic county of Monmouthshire. The town houses a growing number of light industrial and high-tech firms.
Cefn Fforest is a community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. A wholly urbanized community, it forms the western fringes of the town of Blackwood. By area, it is the smallest of all of the communities of Wales. [2] Cefn Fforest was built in 1915 to house local workers and was originally known as Pengam Garden Village. [3]
Penmaen (historically sometimes spelled Penmain) is a hamlet and community in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.It is situated in the Sirhowy valley, 3 miles (4.8 km) East of Blackwood.
See more images Llancaiach Fawr Gelligaer ST1136096620 51°39′41″N 3°16′59″W / 51.661370294848°N 3.2829191144656°W / 51.661370294848; -3.2829191144656 (Llancaiach Fawr) 25 October 1951 House Close to the W community boundary which follows Nant Caeach, a short distance NE of Nelson and reached by a short track from the main road. Fronts a re-created formal garden, the ...
See more images Penllwyn, former manor house now Penllwyn Arms public house Pontllanfraith ST1740695592 51°39′11″N 3°11′43″W / 51.653052214569°N 3.1952868873579°W / 51.653052214569; -3.1952868873579 (Penllwyn, former manor house now Penllwyn Arms public house) 25 May 1962 Inn On the hillside W of the town centre, in an open space but surrounded by Penllwyn estate ...
The name of the town is derived from that of the River Bargoed, which itself is based on the Welsh word bargod "border, boundary". [2] The change from Bargod to Bargoed is recorded from the sixteenth century onwards and was probably a hypercorrection under the influence of coed "trees, woods", perhaps reinforced by nearby place names such as Pen-y-coed, Argoed and Blackwood (Welsh: y Coed-duon ...
Caerphilly County Borough straddles the boundary of the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire in South Wales. The 46 scheduled monuments include burial cairns from the Bronze Age, an Iron Age hillfort, and Roman camps.