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Listed buildings/scheduled monuments

Listed buildings in Wales

Grade I listed buildings in various areas - used in See Also sections

Grade I listed buildings in Torfaen
Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire
Grade I listed buildings in Newport
Grade I listed buildings in Powys
Grade I listed buildings in Herefordshire
Grade I listed buildings in Forest of Dean
Grade I listed buildings in Caerphilly
Grade I listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent - does not exist use next one
Grade II* listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent - there are currently no Grade I listed buildings in Blaenau Gwent
Grade I listed buildings in Cardiff
Grade I listed buildings in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Grade I listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil

And now the Grade II* related lists

And now the Scheduled Monuments in related lists

Scheduled Monuments in Torfaen
Scheduled Monuments in Monmouthshire
Scheduled Monuments in Newport
List of Scheduled Monuments in Powys - does not exist yet
List of Scheduled Monuments in Herefordshire - does not exist yet
List of Scheduled Monuments in Forest of Dean - does not exist yet
Scheduled Monuments in Caerphilly
Scheduled Monuments in Blaenau Gwent
Scheduled Monuments in Cardiff
Scheduled Monuments in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Scheduled Monuments in Merthyr Tydfil

Pontypool Rural District Council

Created 1894

Intro

The community of Llanyrafon includes the housing estate of Llanyrafon and the northern part of Llanfrechfa. And a church.

History

First mention - the farm. Also effectively manor for parish of Llanfrechfa, into Llanfrechfa Lower (when did it disappear?)

Llanyrafon mill

Small farms

Toll house

Bath house

Llanyrafon house

Llanfrechfa Grange

White Hall

Housing on Caerleon Road

1949 Cwmbran New Town

1950s new estate/school/extending Caerleon Road

Shops built a bit later?

1970s by-pass, Police HQ, and county hall, boating lake, golf course, hotel commodore?

Llanyrafon Farm restored and opened. Boating lake refurbished. Hay meadow and community orchard old county hall demolished.

Amenities

Llanyrafon Primary School
Llanyrafon Methodist Church
Doctor's surgery
Dentist
Post office (with ATM)
Llanyrafon Social Centre
Cwmbran Boating Lake
Hay meadow and community orchard
Llanyrafon Golf course, a 9 hole par 3 municipal course
Park and playing fields
Public house - The Crow's Nest
Lakeside shops (newsagent, butchers, convenience store, dentist, fruit and vegetable shop, cafe and sandwich bar, fish and chip shop, chemist, barber (men), hairdresser (female), post office, and beauty salon)
Furniture store (pine and oak)
Hotel Commodore (now closed) http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/cy/Related-Documents/Planning/PlanningDecisions/22-04-13-to-26-04-13.pdf and http://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/CouncillorsAndCommittees/Meetings/PlanningCommittee/2012/10/25/Agenda/Agenda-25-10-2012.pdf
Llanyrafon Court Care Home
Llanfrechfa Grange Hospital

Local groups

1st Llanyravon Scout Group (beavers, cubs, scouts), based at Llanyrafon Methodist Church Hall
Guide group (Brownies and Guides) at Methodist Church hall
Llanyrafon Community Association which manages the community centre
Friends of Llanyrafon Farm
Friends of Llanyrafon Mill
Llanyrafon Drama Group

Local government

TCBC

For elections to TCBC, two electoral wards:

Llanyrafon East
Llanyrafon West

These replaced the old wards:

Llanyrafon North
Llanyrafon East

Last election

Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council

Croesyceiliog and Llanyrafon Community Council. Two community wards (north and south) - not the same as old electoral wards.

Buildings

Llanyrafon Farm
Llanyrafon Mill
Llanfrechfa Grange
Gwent Police Headquarters
Llanyrafon house
Cwm Aaron/Cwm Heron farmhouse
Waun-y-pwll farmhouse

And no longer:

Former Gwent County Hall (now demolished)
Bath house
Toll house
Whitehall ??

Old roads

Newport to Pontypool turnpike

Transport

Road
Rail
Bus

Electoral wards

TCBC North and South, now West and East.

Community council

Croesy and Llanyrafon (North and South)

Listed buildings

Stirrup Cup Country Club?

Torfaen Population Reference

The population of Torfaen is .(2022).^[1]

Hillfort map - monmouthshire

Blackliff Wood

Gaer Hill Camp

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Hillforts in Monmouthshire, Wales.

=Prehistoric

=Roman

=Early Medieval

=Medieval =Post-Medieval/Modern

List of re-useable references

All list of references for easy cutting and pasting into other pages.

Chapter 4 of a County History of MonmouthshireElliott, John (2011). "Chapter 4: The Iron and Steel Industry". In Williams, Chris; Williams, Sian Rhiannon (eds.). The Gwent County History. Volume 4: Industrial Monmouthshire, 1780–1914. Cardiff: University of Wales Press. ISBN 978-0-7083-2365-6.

Chris Barber's EASTERN VALLEY The Story of Torfaen (with an example page number).^[2]^: 283

Mike Salter's book on churches (with embedded page number).^[3]

The Buildings of Wales (Pevsner series) Gwent/Monmouthshire.^[4] This book is available on the web - books.google.co.uk/books?id=knRf4U60QjcC&pg=PA195&lpg=PA195&dq=new+county+hall+for+Gwent&source=bl&ots=1zRDUIJO6s&sig=rucdALrQzZKjt_fvdArTZ2JKJLU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dfymUqHLIYGI7Ab03IGABg&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAzgK#v=onepage&q=new county hall for Gwent&f=false

Copyright?

Reference to London Gazette (with a page range, accessdate, and some text in the ref).^[5]

Fred Hando's Monmouthshire Sketch Book.^[6]

A reference to a map at the National Library of Scotlands online collection of maps.^[7]

References

^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
^ Barber, Chris (1999). EASTERN VALLEY The Story of Torfaen (1st ed.). Abergavenny: Blorenge Books. ISBN 1 872730 23 X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ Salter, Mike (2002). The Old Parish Churches of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower (2nd ed.). Malvern: Folly Publications. p. 25. ISBN 1-871-73160-7.
^ Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales (1st ed.). London: Yale University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-300-09630-5.
^ CDC CPO No. 59 (Henllys Expansion) "No. 48087". The London Gazette. 1 Febuary 1980. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Hando, Fred J. (1954). Monmouthshire Sketch Book. Newport: R. H. Johns. p. 62.
^ Ordnance Survey ST39 Sheet 31/39 (Map). 1:25000. Provisional 1st Series. Ordnance Survey. 1951. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

Season's Greetings (Cyfarchion y Tymor)

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Pick and choose according to taste: Have a Wassailing Winter Solstice (Gwasaela Heuldro'r Gaeaf), Merry Christmas (Nadolig Llawen), Happy New Year (Blwyddyn Newydd Dda), or Grey Mare (Mari Lwyd) walkabout.

May your celebration go with you. Robevans123 (talk) 20:20, 19 December 2015 (UTC)

Regional Local Resilience Forums

Moved draft to main space at Emergency planning in Wales with this.

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[popstats-1] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

[EasternValley-2] Barber, Chris (1999). EASTERN VALLEY The Story of Torfaen (1st ed.). Abergavenny: Blorenge Books. ISBN 1 872730 23 X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)

[3] Salter, Mike (2002). The Old Parish Churches of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower (2nd ed.). Malvern: Folly Publications. p. 25. ISBN 1-871-73160-7.

[4] Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales (1st ed.). London: Yale University Press. p. 25. ISBN 0-300-09630-5.

[5] CDC CPO No. 59 (Henllys Expansion) "No. 48087". The London Gazette. 1 Febuary 1980. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[6] Hando, Fred J. (1954). Monmouthshire Sketch Book. Newport: R. H. Johns. p. 62.

[7] Ordnance Survey ST39 Sheet 31/39 (Map). 1:25000. Provisional 1st Series. Ordnance Survey. 1951. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

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