Blackwood and Around Through Time

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Casgliad o ffotograffau du-a-gwyn a ffotograffau lliw yn portreadu’r Coed-duon a’r ardaloedd cyfagos ddoe a heddiw, ardal a oedd yn gyfangwbl Gymraeg ar un adeg, gan gyflwyno’r modd y datbygodd yr ardal yn ystod y Chwyldro Diwydiannol, a’r newidiadau a welwyd yn yr ugeinfed ganrif. 84 llun.
Looking at the local place names leaves no doubt that Blackwood and its environs were, at one time, all Welsh. Situated within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, now Caerphilly, the advent of the iron and coal industry at the head of the valley changed all that; but more important, perhaps, was the construction of the Sirhowy Tramroad.