Machen
| Machen | |
|---|---|
Caerphilly | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CAERPHILLY |
| Postcode district | CF83 |
| Dialling code | 01633 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Caerphilly | |
Machen (from
Machen has a successful boules (petanque) team that are located at the rugby club. The team has had a team in the first Division of the boules in Gwent (BIG) league for the last four years.[when?]
Industrial history
From the 17th century onward Machen was a village rooted in the iron and coal industries.[2] Though little trace remains, the village was the site of the Machen Forge and several coal mines. A local history trail visits some of these sites.[3] Machen Forge was an early adopter of the Osmond process for the production of wrought iron.
A residual branch of the B&MR remains open[
At Waterloo there was a Tinworks that supplied materials to the aircraft factory that once stood near the foundry above Royal Oak at Machen. Close to the Waterloo Tinworks, but on the other side of the railway became the factory that was Coates Brothers Paint Works, which later evolved into the Valspar paint division and later again became associated in the production of Inks and dyes. Nothing remains of the now demolished factory buildings, but plans for housing developments are in place.
Sister cities
Notable people
Notable people from Machen include -
- Gorseddwith the bardic name "Ron o Fachen" (Ron from Machen).
- Alfred Edward Morgans(17 February 1850 – 10 August 1933), Premier of Western Australia for just 32 days in 1901, was born in Machen.
- Hazel Short (née Spargo, 1927–2017), local campaigner and resident of Machen for her entire life.
- Ian Thomas (born 1979), former Glamorgan County Cricket Club cricketer, is from Machen. He played for Glamorgan between 1998 and 2005, winning two one day league winners trophies with the club. He is also known for having scored the first televised Twenty20 century in 2004 (116 Not Out against Somerset).[4]
Health research
Men from Machen participate in one of the world's longest running epidemiology studies, the Caerphilly Heart Disease Study. Since 1979, a representative sample of adult males born between 1918 and 1938, living in Caerphilly and the surrounding villages of Abertridwr, Bedwas, Machen, Senghenydd and Trethomas, have participated in the study. A wide range of health and lifestyle data have been collected throughout the study and have been the basis of over 400 publications in the medical press. A notable report was on the reductions in vascular disease, diabetes, cognitive impairment and dementia attributable to a healthy lifestyle.[5]
Community Archives Wales
In 2008 Machen Remembered, the local archive group, received assistance from
Community Groups
Machen Rural Market is a monthly social hub delivered by Cotyledon Business and Management CIC. The ethos of the market is to bring locally grown produce and craft to local communities.[citation needed]
Other uses
- Angeology – The Fourth Heaven, Machanon or Machen is ruled by Archangel Michael, "Is the site of the heavenly Jerusalem, the holy Temple and its Altar" (Godwin, p. 122). It is said to house the city of Christ and is the native seat of the angels.[7][8]
See also
References
- ISBN 9781783161645.
- ^ A Welsh Ironworks at the Close of the Seventeenth Century, L J Williams, National Library of Wales journal. 1960, Summer Volume XI/3
- ^ "Caerphilly – Main".
- ^ "1=".
- PMID 6332166..
- ^ "Community Archives Wales".
- ^ "The 7 Heavens". Archived from the original on 17 April 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2006.
- ^ "Angel of the Day". Archived from the original on 9 April 2006. Retrieved 17 April 2006.
