Victorian Pontypool
The area was at the bottom of a steep valley and had sparse woodland all around. Pontypool was ideally situated for the production of iron.
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There was iron ore and coal in the ground, thickly wooded hills for the production of charcoal, and the fast flowing Afon Llwyd, a tributary of the Usk, provided power for the forges and furnaces. We know Richard Hanbury opened iron furnaces and forges in the area in , and his family continued to expand their business from that time onwards.
The town really began to expand from the time when John Hanbury took over the family business in and moved his family to Pontypool, which he did to directly manage the ironworks. He gathered around him a group of experienced ironworkers and his factory soon began to produce significant amounts of iron goods that were of a superior quality. He and his team pioneered the introduction of tin plate and Japanware and the town was on the road to becoming a major industrial centre.
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By there were houses and about people living in the area. As the UK wide industrial revolution spread, Pontypool continued to expand.
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You can click on the icon representative of your model phone to have a look at the information about the app and a few screenshots. As the Hanbury family settled in the area and set up iron furnaces and forges, people came to settle and work in the area. Conditions were reputedly very good at the time unlike in other industrial areas.
The population began to grow and by Pontypool was larger than Newport or Cardiff and was a hive of industrial activity.
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The town at this time mainly consisted of the cottages of workers and was confined to a smallish area. However, as the population grew and the area became more prosperous, Pontypool expanded.
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As more people moved into Pontypool the town grew. Buildings such as the Civic Centre and Glantorfaen House show how wealthy the town was.
With the increase in population, there was also an increased need for drinking venues, and by there were licenced houses in the town. One of the most famous of these was the Bristol Beer House.
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This was supposedly one of the social venues that leader of the Chartist movement William Jones used. Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing Abbey Road and graffiti art Banksy 'Spy-booth' have been included.
In England and Wales there are three main listing designations; Grade I 2. There are also locally listed structures at the discretion of local authorities using A, B and C designations. In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47, Listed buildings.
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