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  • Somerset Street was named after the Somerset miners brought into the area by the mining engineer Thomas Dyne Steele in the 1850s.
Somerset Street, Abertillery - named after the Somerset miners
  • The old barn at Gelli Grug, Abertillery was established as a meeting place by John ap John around 1646. John had joined the Parliamentarian army and fought under Sir Thomas Fairfax at the seige of Raglan Castle. Following the end of the Civil War, he retired to Gelli Grug where he was selected by Parliamentary Commissioners to preach as a layman.
First meeting place for Abertillery Non-Comformists
  • The Somerset Miners were brought to the Abertillery area by the mining engineer Thomas Dyne Steele. These miners had had experience of the 'long wall' system which was a more efficient method of working a coal face than that traditionally employed by the local Welsh miners. On witnessing the success of the new method, local opposition to the technique dissolved.
Somerset miners, brought to Abertillery to work the 'long wall system' in the coal mines, 19th century
Postcard promoting the Gwent Food Fund during the Miners' Strike, 1984
  • Crawshay Bailey, who owned the Nantyglo ironworks with his brother Joseph during the early 19th century, erected this fortified round tower in 1816. It was built to provide a safe haven for the ironmasters if their workers revolted against them.
Round tower built by the iron master, Crawshay Bailey, at Nantyglo, 1816 [image 1 of 3]
  • The electrical sub station provided power to the colliery. Transformers were housed on the ground floor, with workshops occupied above. Alarms in the sub station alerted the electricians to any power surges that required their attention.
Plan of electrical sub station at Six Bells Colliery (page 1 of 2)