Rassau
Rassau
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 Carmel chapel, Carmeltown | |
  Rassau Location within Blaenau Gwent | |
| Population | 3,234 (2012) [1] |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | EBBW VALE |
| Postcode district | NP23 |
| Dialling code | 01495 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
Blaenau Gwent | |
Rassau, sometimes The Rassau (
History
The Rassau area was historically part of the parish of
Welsh language
According to the 1991 census, only 107 residents, or 2.7% of the population aged three and over, could speak Welsh.[8] However, in the 2001 census, 281 residents, or 8.8% of the population aged three and over, were recorded as able to speak Welsh.[9] It is likely that Welsh was still the everyday language of a number of residents throughout the early 1900s because in 1909, Theophilus Jones described the neighbouring village of Beaufort as bilingual, the language preference being English.[10] This is supported by the Reverend Peter Williams' monograph, 'The Story of Carmel', published in 1965. He reports that between 1904 and 1906, the change was made to conduct the evening Sunday service in English, whereas previously both the morning and evening services had been in Welsh.
Customs
At one time the Mari Lwyd was widespread all over Gwent – especially in the Welsh-speaking areas of the north and west, but as the Welsh language lost ground so too did the Mari Lwyd. Its last recorded appearance in the borough was in The Rassau during the 1880s.[11]
Circuit of Wales
An 830 acres (340 ha) site northwest of the village and beyond Rassau Industrial Estate is the proposed site of the Circuit of Wales, a 3.5 miles (5.6 km)
See also
References
- ^ a b Census 2011 Statistics Overview: Rassau Ward Profile Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
- ^ "Rasa Civil Parish". A Vision of Britain through Time. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Ebbw Vale: Local Government Board Enquiry". Monmouthshire Merlin. Newport: National Library of Wales. 1 March 1878. p. 8. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ Annual Report of the Local Government Board. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1879. p. xcix. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "Local Government Act 1888: Section 50", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1888 c. 41 (s. 50), retrieved 7 October 2022
- ^ "Blaenau Gwent Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ "The Blaenau Gwent (Communities) Order 2010". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ A Geography of the Welsh Language, 1961-1991
- ^ Spreading the Word: the Welsh Language 2001
- ^ The History of Brecknockshire Volume 3, page 202
- ^ Folklore of Blaenau Gwent
- ^ "Circuit of Wales - where". Circuit of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Circuit of Wales - plans". Circuit of Wales. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "12,000 jobs promised at Ebbw Vale's Circuit of Wales". South Wales Argus. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- ^ "Campaigns - Circuit of Wales". Gwent Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- BBC Wales. 13 March 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
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