 abercarn is a small towngwyddon road, abercarn:: os grid st2194 :: geograph british isles - photograph every grid square! and community in caerphilly county borough, wales, 10 miles (16&nbsp;km) north-west of newport on the a467 between cwmcarn and newbridge, within the historic boundaries of monmouthshire. ==history== the district was traditionally associated with the coal mining collieries, ironworks and tinplate works of the south wales coalfield and south wales valleys, although all have now closed;post office: abercarn royal mail sorting office:: os grid st2194 :: geograph british isles - photograph every grid square! the town, which lies in the middle portion of the ebbw valley, being situated on the south-eastern flank of the once great mining region of glamorgan and monmouthshire.jamesville, abercarn:: os grid st2193 :: geograph british isles - photograph every grid square! on 11 september 1878, at the prince of wales colliery, an underground explosion killed 268 coal miners. thumb|left|abercarn high street ==local government== the area was part of the ancient monmouthshire parish of mynyddislwyn until the late 19th century. in 1892 a local board of health and local government district of abercarn was formed.formed as newbridge local board and local government district on 17 march 1892, renamed abercarn on 4 july that year. county census report 1670, monmouthshire this became abercarn urban district in 1894, governed by an urban district council of twelve members. under the local government act 1972 the urban district was abolished in 1974, becoming part of the borough of islwyn, gwent. further loca
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