Blaina
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| Population | 4,808 |
| OS grid reference | [[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SO1908] |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ABERTILLERY |
| Postcode district | NP13 |
| Dialling code | 01495 |
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| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
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Blaina (/ˈblaɪnə/ Script error: No such module "Respell". Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a town, situated deep within the South Wales Valleys between Brynmawr and Abertillery in the County Borough of Blaenau Gwent, ancient parish of Aberystruth, preserved county of Gwent and historic county of Monmouthshire. The place name is derived from the Welsh word Script error: No such module "Lang". "uplands".[1][2] As of 2011, the town has a population of 4,808.[3]
Welsh language
According to the 2011 Census, 6.3% of the ward's 4,808 (303 residents) resident-population can speak, read, and write Welsh.[4] This is above the county's figure of 5.5% of 67,348 (3,705 residents) who can speak, read, and write Welsh.[4]
The Bells of Rhymney
Blaina is mentioned in the folk song The Bells of Rhymney: "And who robbed the miner?" say the grim bells of Blaina, quoting poetry from Idris Davies.
Notable people
- See also Category:People from Blaina
- Arthur Fear, opera singer
- Parry Jones, opera singer
- William Partridge, soldier, fought at Rorke's Drift
- Raymond "Ray" Price, rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s for Abertillery RFC (RU), Great Britain (RL), Wales, Other Nationalities, Belle Vue Rangers, Warrington, and St. Helens
- Kingsley Jones, rugby union flanker, coach
- Frank Richards, author
- Mike Ruddock, rugby coach
- Florence Eleanor Soper, wife of Bramwell Booth, General of The Salvation Army
- Mostyn Thomas, opera singer
- David Watkins, Welsh rugby union and rugby league international
- Emlyn Watkins, rugby union and rugby league footballer of the 1920s for Wales (RU), Blaina RFC, Wales (RL), and Leeds
- Emlyn A G Watkins, George Medal recipient
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mills, A. D. (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198527589.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru". Archived from the original on 12 April 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."United Kingdom: 1000 Largest Cities by population". The Geographist. November 2013. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ a b Welsh language skills by electoral division, 2011 Census Retrieved 13/12/21
External links
- Blaina - Nantyglo homepage on the web
- Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire in 1901 on Blaina
- Blaenau Gwent Council website on the local ironworks history
- Welsh Coal Mines - research the local pit histories
- www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Blaina and surrounding area
- Blaina heritage web site Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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