WPW032443 WALES (1930). General view of Caerphilly, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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Details
| Title | [WPW032443] General view of Caerphilly, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW032443 |
| Date | 1930 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6370760 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 315700, 186920 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.2165926156352, 51.574361161326 |
| National Grid Reference | ST157869 |
Pins
 Brecon & Merthyr Railway line to Newport. |
 Handymanathome |
Monday 30th of March 2020 04:02:47 PM |
| Black Cock Bridge over the GWR at Penrhos Junction. Formerly junction of the Barry, Rhymney and PC&N railways. |
Penrhos1920 |
Thursday 21st of March 2013 07:15:46 PM |
| GWR, former Barry Railway, Rhymney Branch |
Penrhos1920 |
Thursday 21st of March 2013 07:12:19 PM |
| Beddau Junction Signal Box, GWR, ex Rhymney Railway |
Penrhos1920 |
Thursday 21st of March 2013 07:10:58 PM |
| Watford Junction, GWR, ex Rhymney Railway |
Penrhos1920 |
Thursday 21st of March 2013 07:09:46 PM |
| Caerphilly Miners' Hospital. Completed in 1923 and funded by weekly subscriptions from miners in the area, it closed in 2011 when a new hospital was completed at Ystrad Fawr, Ystrad Mynach. |
pratjeffley |
Wednesday 19th of September 2012 02:22:38 AM |
| Twyn School. At the time of this photograph, Twyn was a senior school (i.e. 11-15 year old), but this building later became the Junior School, with an Infants School on the same site, and the Senior School was relocated to the Gwyndy School on Pontygwyndy Road. |
pratjeffley |
Wednesday 19th of September 2012 02:17:54 AM |
| Caerphilly Locomotive Works. Redeveloped in the 1960s and relaunched as the Harold Wilson Industrial Estate (opened by the man himself while he was UK Premier), it is now known as the Van Industrial Park. |
pratjeffley |
Wednesday 19th of September 2012 02:14:38 AM |
I think these were the carriage & wagon shops, replaced before WW2 by new buildings. The loco shops are just barely in view at bottom of picture |
gBr |
Saturday 26th of September 2015 08:10:23 PM |
| The Van Annexe, also known as the Van Hospital. Closed in the late 1960s or early 1970s, it was briefly a pub before being demolished and the site developed for housing. |
pratjeffley |
Wednesday 19th of September 2012 02:09:38 AM |
| Road to Cardiff over Caerphilly Mountain |
johnabutt |
Saturday 7th of July 2012 03:27:32 PM |
This is actually a footpath (which still exists) linking Nant-y-calch Farm to the area locally known as 'The Clay Pits'--the area south of the Wernddu brickworks. |
pratjeffley |
Wednesday 19th of September 2012 02:06:02 AM |
| Van Road |
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Saturday 7th of July 2012 03:26:35 PM |
User Comment Contributions
 Van Road, Caerphilly, 25/09/2015 |
 Class31 |
Sunday 27th of September 2015 12:00:15 PM |