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  • Major John Hanbury (1664-1734) developed the iron working industry which had been established in the Pontypool area since the 16th century. He developed the technique of rolling sheet iron and, in about 1720, he established the first permanent plant in the United Kingdom, dedicated to tinplate production. His family estate, still dominates the Pontypool environs.
Portrait of Major John Hanbury (1664-1734)
Engraving of Blaenavon, 1801
Women munitions workers at the Guest Keen & Nettleford, Cwmbran works, First World War
Women workers at the Guest, Keen & Nettleford, 'nut and bolt' factory in Cwmbran, c. 1914-18
Assembly line for 19 pounder guns at Doncaster's Black Shed, Blaenavon, 1939-45
  • The tower in Pontypool Park was probably built in the early 18th century, by the Hanbury family. In the latter part of the 18th century it was used as a summer house and later a gazebo. Its prominent position commands striking views across the Black Mountains, Severn valley and over to Somerset, and it is in turn very visible from far and wide. It is this high level of visibility which turned out to be the tower's downfall in 1940 at which time it was demolished to prevent it being used as a reference point for German bombers. It was rebuilt in the early 1990s.
The Folly, Pontypool, photographed for the Royal National Eisteddfod, Pontypool, 1924