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Islwyn

NameIslwyn
HQBlackwood
StatusBorough
Start1974
End1996
ReplaceCaerphilly county borough

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The Borough of Islwyn was one of five local government districts of Gwent from 1974 to 1996.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from part of the administrative county of Monmouthshire, namely the urban districts of Abercarn, Mynyddislwyn and Risca, and the Bedwellty urban district less the wards of Aberbargoed, Cwmsyfiog, New Tredegar and Phillipstown.The district's name (meaning "below the grove") was derived from the ancient parish of Mynyddislwyn which covered its area. This was shown in the borough's coat of arms which represented a mountain below a grove of oak trees. Islwyn was also the nom de plume of local poet William Thomas (1832-1878).

The borough was abolished in 1996, when its area became part of Caerphilly County Borough.

Islwyn continues as a Westminster constituency and a Welsh Assembly constituency.Category:Gwent

Category:Districts of Wales abolished in 1996

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Islwyn Video

Election 1992 - Part 2 with David Dimbleby.
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Election 1992 - Part 27.
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Election 1992 - Part 23.
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Election 1992 - Part 28.
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Election 1992 - Part 30.
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http://www.carrozze.it/popolare/songbeats.htm "I will love my love all day and all night" a traditional song from Breizh (Brittany) that has many versions, t...
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An american lodger by the name of Randy, comes to stay with the Price family to learn about Wales. I do not own this video, Copyright goes to BBC Wales.
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It's Wales V England in rugby, but love is in the air for Randy & Mandy. So will Randy get his leg over? All copyright goes to BBC Wales.
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When a visit from the doctor fails to cure Dad's boils, Randy offers a radical alternative. Will re-birthing work or is the source of his illness guilt over ...
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Gwyn gets hold of a talking machine. But things go sour when Spike takes an interest in it.... I do not own this video. All copyright goes to BBC Wales.
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First Minister defends unemployment record - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News---...- who highlighted that unemployment in particular parts of Wales, including -Islwyn-, had risen under Labour governments in Westminster and Cardiff Bay. ... - Date : Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:48:22 GMT+00:00
Thumbs up - 50-year-old hitchhiker mystery solved - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News---Islwyn- Roberts, from Llanbedr, near Harlech, left in 1958, but little was known of what became of him. The library, which is staging a travel exhibition in ... - Date : Thu, 14 Oct 2010 06:36:16 GMT+00:00
Cwmcarn school scoops UK science award - South Wales Argus Tweet this news
South Wales Argus--Irene James AM for -Islwyn- AM and school governor Irene James said she was "so proud of our school and everyone concerned."--- - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:14:10 GMT+00:00
Exhibition explains Townhill and Mayhill roots - PRLog.Org (press release) Tweet this news
PRLog.Org (press release)--These homes are now known as the Mayhill sample cottages and still stand today as even numbers two to 12 -Islwyn- Road. Housing conditions across the UK were ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 09:21:51 GMT+00:00



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