Ponthir, Gwent - Ponthir Baptist Chapel - local postcard c.1980s

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Ponthir Baptist Church
• Publisher:  Gwent Federation of Women's Institute / printed by Judges of Hastings
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Ponthir (Welsh: Pont-hir) is a large village at the south-west of the county borough of Torfaen on the boundary of the city of Newport, South Wales. It is approximately six miles from Newport city centre and 3½ miles from Cwmbran, lying between the settlements of Caerleon and Llanfrechfa.

The Welsh language placename indicates the correct pronunciation; i.e. saying the 't' and 'h' separately. The name means 'long (hir) bridge (pont)'.

Ponthir is primarily a residential area, with several new housing estates around the older village. It has a primary school, (Ponthir Church in Wales Primary School) which was for some time under threat of closure but was reprieved, and it now has the best SATs results in Torfaen. It also changed its category to a Voluntary aided school (church) school.

Ponthir has many amenities such as two nurseries, two children's playgrounds, two churches, a village hall, a cricket club, a football club (Ponthir United), 2 pubs - The Ponthir House and The Star, a grocery shop, a doctor and a dentist.

It is surrounded by the rolling hills of Monmouthshire, many farms, and the Afon Llwyd (grey river) runs through it.

There used to be a railway station but it closed in 1962. The railway is still in use.

A Welsh Water sewage and water treatment plant for the surrounding area is located here.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=wales

county/ country=monmouthshire

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

postage condition=unposted