Bedwas Council Offices, Bedwas
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Bedwas Council Offices, Bedwas
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 25 Jan 2019
The name in glass above the doorway of these Newport Road offices is BEDWAS TRETHOMAS MACHEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL. The original use of the building is recorded in stone above the doorway. It opened in 1914 for Bedwas and Machen Urban District Council (UDC), which was formed on October 1st 1912 from the parishes of Bedwas and Machen Upper, previously part of St Mellons Rural District. Bedwas and Machen UDC was abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, becoming part of Rhymney Valley District in Mid Glamorgan in 1974. In 2019 Bedwas is part of the County Borough of Caerphilly.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.5897
Longitude
-3.196015