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Blackwood is in the middle of the Sirhowy Valley, the source of the river near Tredegar to the North and the confluence with the River Ebbw to the South. The main road to Blackwood and for traffic heading North or South was through Blackwood High Street (B4521) until the Sirhowy Enterprise Way was opened in 2005.
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.
The Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute (Welsh: Sefydliad y Glowyr Coed Duon) is an entertainment venue located at the north end of Blackwood High Street in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales and run by Caerphilly County Borough Council. Opened in 1925 as a miners' welfare institute, it originally was a single floor snooker hall but was expanded ...
Map of places in Caerphilly County Borough compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of towns and villages in the Caerphilly County Borough, Wales.
There are two pubs in Maesycwmmer: The Maesycwmmer Inn and The Angel (a third, The Butchers Arms, became an Indian restaurant called The Spice Tree). Maesycwmmer was a creation of the Industrial Revolution in the South Wales Coalfield. The houses built along the main road were purpose-built for the workers that built the Maesycwmmer to Hengoed ...
The Sorbonne - one of the universities of Paris (Paris IV), the centre of Paris's Latin Quarter. Statue of Liberty replicas - A smaller version of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi 's Liberty Enlightening the World , the New York City harbor statue which France gave to the United States in 1886, located on the Île aux Cygnes on the Seine in the ...
In 1837, Paris contained seven stores and a number of families. [6] On March 10, 1832, Abernathy and seven others organized the first Christian church in Paris. The church was built in a Gothic style of brick with four rooms at a cost of $11,000 (equivalent to $335,720 in 2023). [7] A post office called Paris has been in operation since 1841. [8]
The Big Cheese Festival is a festival dedicated to Caerphilly cheese and events are organised around this theme. The festival is notable for being a major event in the town of Caerphilly, attracting up to 80,000 visitors over three days. The event is also notable for being the only dedicated cheese festival in Wales. [1] Caerphilly Castle ...