Mynyddislwyn
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thumb | right | South side of St Tudor's Church, Mynyddislwyn Mynyddislwyn was a civil parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It was abolished in local government reorganisation in 1974. It is named for the hill or common at its centre, Mynydd Islwyn. The Welsh-language poet William Thomas (1832–1878) took his bardic name of Islwyn from the name Mynydd Islwyn, after which Islwyn became a common boy's name.
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thumb | right | South side of St Tudor's Church, Mynyddislwyn Mynyddislwyn was a civil parish and urban district in Monmouthshire, south east Wales. It was abolished in local government reorganisation in 1974. It is named for the hill or common at its centre, Mynydd Islwyn. The Welsh-language poet William Thomas (1832–1878) took his bardic name of Islwyn from the name Mynydd Islwyn, after which Islwyn became a common boy's name.
The ancient parish of Mynyddislwyn covered a large part of the lower Ebbw and Sirhowy Valleys. In 1894 the Crosskeys area was included in the urban district of Risca, and Abercarn was constituted a separate urban district.
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