Cilybebyll
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{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|51.719|-3.830|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Cilybebyll
| welsh_name =
| population = 4,769
| static_image_name = Cilybebyll Church - geograph.org.uk - 133383.jpg
| static_image_caption = The Church of St John the Evangelist, Cilybebyll
| unitary_wales = Neath Port Talbot
| lieutenancy_wales = West Glamorgan
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Neath
| constituency_westminster = Neath
| community_wales = Cilybebyll {{Cite web |url=http://cilybebyll.net/home/ |title=Cyngor Cymuned Cilybebyll Community Council |access-date=29 August 2017 |archive-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829074655/http://cilybebyll.net/home/ |url-status=dead }}
| postcode_district = SA8
| postcode_area = SA
| post_town = SWANSEA
| dial_code = 01792
| os_grid_reference = SN7404
| module= 240px
Map of the community
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Cilybebyll ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ɪ|l|ə|ˈ|b|ɛ|b|ɪ|l}}) is a village and community in the Neath Port Talbot County Borough, Wales. It includes the villages of Alltwen, Fforest Gôch, Gellinudd and Rhos. The village is located {{convert|2|mi}} east of Pontardawe, {{convert|5|mi}} north of Neath and {{convert|10|mi}} northeast of Swansea. The community has a population of 4,769 in 2011 census.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000606|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics|website=www.nomisweb.co.uk}}
Cilybebyll estate
The Cilybebyll estate was established in the 15th century,{{cite web|title=West Glamorgan Archive Service: Cilybebyll Estate Papers|url=http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=34&coll_id=1204&expand=&L=0|work=Your Gateway to History|publisher=Archifau Cymru|accessdate=15 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325174446/http://www.archiveswales.org.uk/anw/get_collection.php?inst_id=34&coll_id=1204&expand=&L=0|archive-date=2012-03-25|url-status=dead}} and after development by various families, by 1838 was recorded as having the largest land holding in the district. Plas Cilybebyll, the main house, was redeveloped in 1840 by Henry Leach, creating a south-facing Victorian facade on the property. His son Frances Edward Leach inherited the estate in 1848, changing his name to Lloyd in 1849 by Royal Charter in order not to forfeit his inheritance. The family remained in residence until the early 20th century when the family records were passed to the Swansea Museum. Plas Cilybebyll is now a guest house.
Coal mining disasters
Like much of South Wales, small-scale coal mining has taken place in the area for many centuries.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14935428 Gleision Colliery near Cilybebyll: Brief history]. BBC News Wales, 15 Sept 2011 By 1849 it was producing large quantities of coal, which were readily transported around the world from the docks at Swansea.{{cite web |url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47839&strquery=Kîlybebill |title=Killymaenllwyd - Knighton |author=Samuel Lewis |publisher=Institute of Historical Research |year=1849 |work=A Topographical Dictionary of Wales |accessdate=20 May 2013 }} The dangers of coal mining past and present are highlighted by two disasters in the locality. In 1858, 14 men and boys died as a result of engine fumes being accidentally pumped into the Primrose Colliery.[http://www.cilybebyll.net/documents/articles/Primrose%20Colliery%20Accident.pdf www.cilybebyll.net documents]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Accessed 20 May 2013 In 2008 the community council commemorated the 150th anniversary with a plaque on a park bench.
On 15 September 2011, water poured into the mine workings at Gleision Colliery, a small scale colliery which had expanded as the price of anthracite had risen. Three miners escaped to the surface, with one taken to Morriston Hospital. Units from the Mines Rescue Service were called in from across the country, to rescue four men located {{convert|300|feet}} below the surface.{{cite news|title=Four Miners Trapped in Swansea Valley Mine, Three Freed|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-14933069|accessdate=15 September 2011|newspaper=BBC News Wales|date=15 September 2011}} Four bodies were subsequently found. Parallel inquiries into the causes of the disaster were launched by South Wales Police and the Health and Safety Executive.{{cite news|last=Morris|first=Steven|title=Fourth Miner Found Dead in Wales|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/sep/16/fourth-trapped-miner-found-dead|accessdate=16 September 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=16 September 2011}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10013379 A Vision of Britain Through Time]
- [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47839&strquery=Kîlybebill#s4 British History Online]
- [http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wales/neath+port+talbot/cilybebyll British Listed Buildings]
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Cilybebyll/ Genuki]
- [https://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/SN7404 Geograph]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120218225205/http://www.liber-mortuorum.com/cilybebyll/ Liber Mortuorum: The Book of the Dead: St John the Evangelist, Cilybebyll]
- [http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&c=mansergh&d=16&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1316184329905&enc=1&areaSearchText=cilybebyll&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas= Office for National Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914173322/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadAreaSearch.do?a=3&c=mansergh&d=16&r=1&i=1001&m=0&s=1316184329905&enc=1&areaSearchText=cilybebyll&areaSearchType=16&extendedList=true&searchAreas= |date=14 September 2012 }}
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{{Neath Port Talbot communities}}