Mynyddislwyn Mountain Book - A Historical Tour Around - CS Books

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Mynyddislwyn Mountain Book - A Historical Tour Around

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   Mynyddislwyn Mountain Book - A Historical Tour Around

CS Ref. No. OB-8840
  By Len Burland - Published by Old Bakehouse Publications - Reprinted 2006

Paperback - 374 pages - 210 mm x 147 mm

Numerous Black & White Photographs, Illustrations and Maps.

Reprinted by popular demand - A Historical Tour around Mynyddislwyn Mountain looks at the history of this area of the Gwent Valleys bordered by the Rivers Ebbw and Sirhowy and includes the villages of Gelligroes, Ynysddu, Cwmfelinfach, Brynawel, Wattsville, Crosskeys, Cwmcarn, Abercarn, Newbridge etc.

Starting at St Tudors Church in the top of the mountain and continuing along the ridge it includes collieries, quarries, railways and tramroads, farming, sheepdog trials, wartime memories and many reminiscences on the characters and personalities of the area.


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