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Crosskeys, Monmouthshire

Crosskeys is a village in western Monmouthshire, once part of the coal mining community of the South Wales coalfield and originally developed as part of Risca from the 1830s to serve the local mines. It is within the council area of Caerphilly.

Primary Name(s): Crosskeys (English)
Variant Name(s):  Pont-y-cymer (Welsh) (Historic)
Place Type: Village
Historic County: Monmouthshire
Lat, Long: 51.622348,-3.126763
Grid Reference: ST 2209 9210
Community (Civil Parish): Crosskeys C
Council Area: Caerphilly CA
Police Area: Gwent PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID:  GBPN11857

 GBPN URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Crosskeys,_Monmouthshire_11857
 Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5188698
 Wikishire: https://wikishire.co.uk/wiki/Crosskeys