Abersychan is a large suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen in South Wales. It lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Llwyd valley. The town includes three schools, Abersychan Comprehensive School, Victoria Primary School and St. Francis' R.C. Primary School (although the latter is due to close, along with St. Alban's R.C. Primary School, to be replaced by the new Padre Pio R.C. Primary School in Pontypool) and various shops/other amenities. The United Kingdom House of Commons is made up of Members of Parliament (MPs). ... Torfaen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ... This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name. ... Wales is a constituency of the European Parliament. ... List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in Wales Lists of places within principal areas List of places in Anglesey List of places in Blaenau Gwent List of places in Bridgend List of places in Caerphilly List of places in Cardiff List of places in Carmarthenshire List... This is a list of places in the Torfaen county borough, south Wales. ... Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Approximate extent of South East Wales. ... Afon Llwyd is a small river in South Wales which flows from its source north of Blaenavon, through Abersychan, Pontypool and Cwmbran before flowing into the River Usk at Caerleon, which subsequently flows into the Bristol Channel in Newport. ... Abersychan Comprehensive School (Welsh: Ysgol Gyfun Abersychan) is a state-funded and non-selective comprehensive school in the Pontypool suburb of Abersychan, Wales . ... Pater Pio Saint Pater Pio (or Padre Pio) (May 25, 1887 - September 23, 1968) was an Italian priest who had stigmata for many years. ...

Abersychan was the birthplace of the Rt. Hon. Paul Murphy, MP for Torfaen, Roy Jenkins, Baron Hillhead, and Bryn Meredith. The Right Honourable Paul Peter Murphy (born 25 November 1948) is a British politician for the Labour Party. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, OM, PC (November 11, 1920 – January 5, 2003) was a British politician and a prominent Labour Member of Parliament in the 1960s and 1970s, and founding member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). ... Brinley (Bryn) Victor Meredith (born October 21, 1930 in Abersychan) was a Wales union rugby union international. ...

Local government

Abersychan now constitutes a community and electoral division of the county borough of Torfaen. The area was anciently part of the parish of Trevethin, in Monmouthshire. On June 3, 1864 Abersychan was constituted a local government district, governed by a local board.^[1] In 1894 Abersychan became an urban district and civil parish. The urban district was abolished in 1935, with most of its area passsing to Pontypool urban district, and a small area going to Abercarn UD. County borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. ... Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... Trevethin is an area in south-east Wales. ... Monmouthshire is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, covering south-east Wales. ... is the 154th day of the year (155th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Local Boards or Local Boards of Health were local authorities in urban areas of England and Wales from 1848 to 1894. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Abercarn is a town in south Wales, 10 miles north-west of Newport by the Great Western Railway, at Grid reference ST216947. ...

In 1974 the area became part of the borough of Torfaen, in the new local government county of Gwent. A community of Abersychan was formed in 1985, but to date no community council has been formed.^[2] In 1996 Torfaen became a unitary authority. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Gwent as a preserved county since 2003. ... This article is about the year. ... Community councils (CCs) are the most local official representative bodies in Scotland and Wales. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ...

The Abersychan community includes Abersychan, Cwmavon, Garndiffaith, Pentwyn, Talywain, Varteg, and Victoria Village. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... Garndiffaith is a village located in Torfaen, South East Wales. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Talywain is situated between Garndiffaith, Abersychan and Pentwyn. ... Varteg is a place in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. ... Abersychan is a large suburb of Pontypool, Torfaen in South Wales. ...

Places nearby

Pentwyn

Pentwyn, Torfaen is a small village located in the district of Abersychan. It contains a post office, a chapel, several houses and a small play park. The village has a cricket team (Pentwyn CC) and is located right next to the old railway line. The cricket club celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2006 with a successful tour to Cork, Ireland. The village has superb views over the River Severn and Newport to the south. Torfaen (sometimes hyphenated Tor-faen) is a county borough in South Wales. ... This article is about the city in the Republic of Ireland. ... “Severn” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Newport (disambiguation). ...

Victoria Village

Victoria Village is a small settlement located in the district of Abersychan. It comprises a small village school and a number of houses. A small group of houses on Incline Road mark the beginning of the village and the village boundary is near Cwmavon. Victoria Primary School is also in this area on a large grounds. Many homes are built around the school's boundaries. The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

References

Wikisource has an original article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica about:

Abersychan

1. ^ Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire, 1901
2. ^ The Torfaen (Communities) Order 1985 (1985 No. 129)

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Coordinates: 51°44′N, 3°04′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...