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Crosskeys () is a village, community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly county borough in Wales.

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Place details

Locality
Pont-y-waun
Region
Cymru / Wales
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
Wales
UK place.welsh_name
Pont-y-cymer
UK place.static_image_name
Crosskeys, Pontywaun and Ebbw Valley - geograph.org.uk - 73739.jpg
UK place.official_name
Crosskeys
UK place.population
3,265
UK place.population_ref
(2011))
UK place.unitary_wales
Caerphilly
UK place.lieutenancy_wales
Gwent
UK place.constituency_westminster
Newport West and Islwyn
UK place.constituency_welsh_assembly
Islwyn
UK place.post_town
NEWPORT
UK place.postcode_district
NP11
UK place.postcode_area
NP
UK place.dial_code
01495 27
UK place.os_grid_reference
ST225915
UK place.module
240pxMap of the community

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
community
Official name
Crosskeys
Population
3092
Area
573.46
Image
Crosskeys, Pontywaun and Ebbw Valley - geograph.org.uk - 73739.jpg
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Commons category
Crosskeys
OS grid reference
ST225915
postal code
NP11
historic county
Monmouthshire
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Amenities
  • References
  • External links

Crosskeys () is a village, community and an electoral ward in Caerphilly county borough in Wales.

== Etymology == The village was originally named Pont-y-cymer and this remains the official Welsh name for the village. The name means bridge at the confluence of rivers, and suggests the area was known as a place to bridge the confluence of the Ebbw and the Sirhowy rivers, long before its urban development in the nineteenth century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Crosskeys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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