Wyllie is a small village south of Blackwood in the

county borough County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s. An equivalent te ...

of Caerphilly, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Wales.

History & Amenities

Most of the houses were built between 1926 and 1930 by the

Tredegar Iron and Coal Company : ''For the ironworks in the US state of Virginia, see Tredegar Iron Works.'' Tredegar Iron and Coal Company was an important 19th century ironworks in Tredegar, Wales, which due to its need for coke became a major developer of coal mines and p ...

. Included in the village was a large

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

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and

miners' institute Miners' institutes, sometimes known as ''workingmen's institutes'', ''mine workers' institutes'', or ''miners' welfare halls'' are large institutional buildings that were typically built during the height of the industrial period as a meeting and ...

which was converted into a

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

in the 1990s. The post office has recently closed and the church has been replaced by a small block of apartments known as Marion Jones Court. The village has recently expanded with the building of new houses on the old coal tip from

Wyllie Colliery Wyllie Colliery was located in the Sirhowy Valley, South Wales. The coal mine was sunk by the Tredegar Iron and Coal Company and opened in 1926. The colliery was named after a director of the company, Alexander Wyllie. Wyllie Wyllie is a surname ...

at the south end of the village. There are now 27 modern houses covering the colliery.

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Wyllie and surrounding areaWelsh Coal Mines - research the local pit's histories
Villages in Caerphilly County Borough {{Caerphilly-geo-stub