Caerphilly
From Freepedia
| Ordnance Survey | |
|---|---|
| OS grid reference: | Maps for ST175975 |
| Administration | |
| Principal area: | Caerphilly |
| Nation: | Wales |
| Other | |
| Traditional county: | Glamorganshire |
| Ceremonial county: | Gwent |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | CAERPHILLY |
| Postcode: | CF83 |
| Dialling code: | +44-29 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Caerphilly |
| European Parliament: | Wales |
Image:Caerphilly castle Felicity Phillip.jpg Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a town in Glamorgan, Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley. It is the site of Caerphilly Castle, built in the 13th and 14th centuries, and is the main town in the county borough of Caerphilly.
In 1899 the Rhymney Railway built their maintenance facilities, however the expansion of the population in the nineteenth century was more to do with the increasing market for coal.
Trivia
- Caerphilly is the birth place of Tommy Cooper.[1]
- Caerphilly is featured in the Sex Pistols documentary The Filth and the Fury. Protests and a prayer meeting were held outside the Castle Cinema on the evening of December 14th, 1976, when the Pistols were playing a concert there.
- Caerphilly cheese originated in this area.
- Caerphilly hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1950.
External links
- http://www.caerphilly.gov.uk - Caerphilly County Borough Council.
- http://www.visitcaerphilly.com - Visit Caerphilly.
- http://www.caerphillynet.co.uk - Caerphilly Net.
