We meet on the second thursday of most months from 10am 12 and the last friday of the month starting at 7pm when the members can use the extensive branch resources. Maps of monmouthshire facsimilie of 1917 ed by james, leslie isbn. Pontypool uncles war exploits retold south wales argus. Pontypool photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Personal memories of pontypool in the 1930s and 1940s.
Records images cemetery page showing maps, records, and images of headstones in the penygarn tabernacle baptist chapel, pontypool, torfaen, wales, united kingdom billiongraves cemetery and images. Am looking for any information on william farr who was the innkeeper at the full moon inn on george st. The book is his autobiography and peter says he was quite surprised to find so many of the early pages of the book referring to jeffrey hamms days in pontypool. Elwyn palmer is reported to have bled to death after glass had pieced his armpit. On it are recorded 156 names from the first world war, which are grouped according to rank. Pontypool is a 2008 canadian horror film directed by bruce mcdonald and written by tony burgess, based on his novel pontypool changes everything. Panteg cemetary purchase of graves and interment receipt books 1933 1942.
Records images cemetery page showing maps, records, and images of headstones in the cwmbran cemetery, torfaen, torfaen, wales, united kingdom billiongraves cemetery and images. Pontypool is an interesting town if you take the time to understand it and pontypool park is the jewel in the crown of this place. The cemetery has been forgotten for a very long time as old maps of the area from the late 1890s already show it as abandoned. Ceredigion county cemetery records, wales genealogy. Contribute, create and discover gravesites from all over the world. Games and adventures reminiscences of old pontypool page 2.
Pontypool cemetery, pontypool, kawartha lakes municipality, ontario, canada. Pontypool memories now out of print and all my own stock sold out. Pontypool lies on the afon lwyd river in the borough of torfaen in gwent. It takes the form of a cross on top of a square column, on top of a threestep plinth. The poor law commissioners authorised and expenditure of. Pontypool has a notable history as one of the earliest industrial towns in wales. Penygarn tabernacle baptist chapel, pontypool, torfaen, wales, united kingdom. Other websites already do an excellent job of crowdsourcing a single cemetery together. Trevethin, monmouthshire genealogy heraldry and history. Set in both rural ontario beginning in pontypool, not be confused with pontypool, wales and big city. News on pontypool, cwmbran and blaenavon from the pontypool free press. But genealogists also need to see the original records from a single source. Panteg pontypool udc parks, cemeteries and allotments department records of id gb0218. Buy pictorial memories of old pontypool by roden, bryan isbn.
Arrangements had been agreed upon with sir pryse pryse since 1846 concerning. We have 3,956 records for you to search for burials in this town. This abandoned and hidden cemetery is located in the woods between tanysgafell and bethesda. Each transcription we publish comes from a singlesource, be it the cemetery office, government office, church office, archived document, a tombstone transcriber.
Check panteg cemetery in new inn, cemetery house, the highway on cylex and find. Penygarn tabernacle baptist chapel, pontypool, torfaen. Today, people of all ages and different backgrounds continue to. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of pontypool. We would therefore like to allow you to have as wide a choice of memorials as possible. Pontypool people reminiscences of old pontypool page 3. Garn chapel cemetery for a schedule of the graves pdf, click here. You can still add photographs, update condition and use the tabs below. War memorials trust needs to avoid contributors changing locationdescription details as we help to protect and conserve this war memorial through our casework. Ebenezer heritage community project has benefited from national garden gift vouchers thanks to the having a wild weekend campaign run by keep wales tidy. Information on portsmouth cemeteries, memorials, visiting, books of remembrance and more. It will continue to be operational for many years to facilitate additional burials in existing graves.
The monument is in the cemetery at panteg, on the a4042 just outside pontypool. The cartwright union cemetery is a large cemetery that lies 8 miles 12. Marys churchyard, panteg in pontypool, torfaen find. If you are sure she is buried i would first suggest you contact torfaen borough council in pontypool as they control the largest panteg cemetery in new inn, pontypool which is likely for a 1972 death, panteg cemetery is now closed to new entrants, you can only. During the sixteenth century, largely due to the influence of the hanbury. Pontypool memories book reminiscences of old pontypool. It was made in 1892, and it belongs to the urban district. Panteg cemetery new inn, cemetery house, the highway.
Pontypool cemetery, pontypool, kawartha lakes municipality. The cemetery lies 23 miles 37 km to the east e of pontypool. If you believe any of the information you cannot edit is wrong or information is missing, please make a note of the. Covering 150 acres, it ranges from formally laid out grounds with tennis courts, play equipment and a band stand, to naturalistic ponds, vast vistas. Get contact details, videos, photos, opening times and map directions. It is a very extensive parish, including also the villages of abersychan, gamdiffaith, pontnewynydd, and. Pontypool, a town, the head of a poorlaw union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and an ecclesiastical parish in monmouthshire. Last saturday, 2 nd may 2015, representatives of pontypool branch attended an open day at trevethin church st cadocs the theme for the day was the 125 th. Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860.
Palmer had played rugby for a number of teams since the age of twelve, when he was a member of the first panteg wern team to win the schoolboys cup. In the small town of pontypool, ontario, radio announcer grant mazzy is accosted by a nonsensical woman who repeats the word blood several times before staggering away. Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in pontypool cemetery in pontypool, ontario, a find a grave cemetery. Panteg cemetery interment notices and certificates 1948 1955. The town grew around the production of steel, iron and the mining of coal. The novel itself is also a canadian work, both in setting and creation. Two years after publication, all my copies of pontypool memories are sold so they are out of print and there wont be any more. Cwmbran cemetery, torfaen, torfaen, wales, united kingdom. Perfect sites for halloween stories, cemeteries have also provided fine settings for neil gaiman, stephen king and many more. Get the billiongraves app now and help collect images for this cemetery.
Memorial register monmouthshire 189, ww1, cemeteries and. The town stands on the river avon llwyd, near the monmouthshire canal, 8 miles n by w of newport, and 160 by railway from london. There is availability in a section for memorials only i. Bible christian cemetery the cemetery lies 16 miles 25. Including pontnewydd, griffithstown, new inn and sebastopol, volume 2 bryan roden old bakehouse publications, 1998 pontypool wales 128 pages.
Phone 2536147 or bruce godin at 7936811 with questions. There are now only three places where you might be able to purchase a copy. Garn cemetery was opened in 1875, and the first to be buried there was evan rees, 2 years old on 27 february 1875. Stowe cemeteries official website of the town of stowe, vermont. Explore this cemetery for graves, information and tombstones for names in panteg cemetery in pontypool, torfaen, a find a grave cemetery. Lists of burial records have been recreated from the information contained in walnut hill cemeterys original burial books called the sexton books. The town and its immediate surroundings were home to significant industrial and technological innovations, with links to the iron industry dating back to the early fifteenth century when a bloomery furnace was established at pontymoile. If you click on the link in peters comment you will be taken to a site where you can read the book for yourself and even download it if you wish. He died twenty minutes after admission to hereford hospital. Memorials the importance of a memorial as a means of commemorating the life of a loved one, acting as a focus for grief in years to come and as an historical record is widely recognised. I managed to find in my pontypool search all sorts of photographs of pontypool and a further search revealed photos of west mon boys in 1964. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. John llewellyn is one of the most respected executives in the cemetery field and in this book he clearly sets forth the need for cemetery senior managers and. To get to the cemetery it is necessary to follow the footpath from station road in bethesda to tanysgafell and cross pont sarnau.
The pontypool union workhouse was built in 1837 on the north side of coedygric road at griffithstown to the south of pontypool. Pontypool, monmouthshire genealogy heraldry and history. Pontypool park 2020 all you need to know before you go. Page maesycwmmer tabor congregational bedwas and machen u. The glamorgan archives holds a duplicate set of burial registers for cathays cemetery only, covering. We have a selection of books of historical or genealogical interest, to assist members with their research or to provide information on the.
The complete guide to cemetery symbolism by noted author douglas keister, the secrets of cemetery symbolism. Panteg cemetery was opened on july 23 1906 and closed for new burials in june 2012. These indexes combined with the free press of monmouthshire, births, marriages and deaths from 18591939, accompanied by school admission records, local cemetery records that include, panteg, blaenavon and llantarnam, census, military indexes, international genealogical index igi 1992 edition for the whole of wales, lancashire, cheshire and. During her research, which took around ten years to complete using books and websites, she discovered. My favourites lets you save items you like, tag them and group them into collections for your own personal use. Pontypool people reminiscences of old pontypool page 8. Mr jones was a rugby player and member of pontypool rfc, going by the name of blackwood jones.
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