Abersychan
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Abersychan Torf.
Aber Sychan c.1850. ‘Mouth of the River Sychan’. Welsh
aber. The river name is based on Welsh
sych, ‘dry’, implying a river that dries up in summer.
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Abersychan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Abersychan Wales: see Pontypool .
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Jenkins, Roy Harris, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
...of the Exchequer 1967–70; SDP leader 1981–3 Born in Pontypool, Monmouthshire, he was educated at Abersychan County School and Oxford. During World War II he worked as a code-breaker, and became a Labour MP in the 1948 Southwark...
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Pontypool
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...pop. 36,064), Torfaen, SE Wales. There are nylon, pharmaceutical, and automotive parts industries. Pontypool absorbed nearby Abersychan in 1935. To the north at Blaenavon the Big Pit preserves a former coal mine as a museum.
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Roy Harris Jenkins
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Arthur Jenkins, a Welsh miner who became an officer of his union and later a Labour member of Parliament. Roy was educated at Abersychan Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he took first class honors in politics, philosophy, and economics in...
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Roy Harris Jenkins Jenkins of Hillhead, Baron
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Roy Harris Jenkins Jenkins of Hillhead, Baron 1920-2003, British politician, b. Abersychan, Wales; grad. Oxford. He entered the House of Commons in 1948 as a Labour member and soon became one of the most formidable...
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