Panteg cemetery
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Panteg Cemetery is one of the three main cemeteries in the Borough of Torfaen
in Wales
(the other two are found in Blaenavon
and Cwmbran
.) The cemetery covers an area of approximately 20 acres (80,937.2 m²). The first interment took place on July 23, 1906. There is a Garden of Remembrance located within the cemetery.
. The cemetery is bordered to the north by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
, on the east by the A4042
dual carriageway
, to the south by the Coed-y-Cando housing estate, and on the west by the Highway road.
The cemetery has a memorial to 156 people who died during the First World War. There are also 33 recognised Commonwealth War Graves
within the cemetery.
Torfaen
Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the county of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a unitary authority.-Education:...
in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
(the other two are found in Blaenavon
Blaenavon
Blaenavon is a town and World Heritage Site in south eastern Wales, lying at the source of the Afon Lwyd north of Pontypool, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. The town lies high on a hillside and has a population of 6,349 people...
and Cwmbran
Cwmbran
Cwmbrân is a new town in Wales. Today forming part of the county borough of Torfaen and lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbrân was established in 1949 to provide new employment opportunities in the south eastern portion of the South Wales Coalfield. Cwmbrân means Crow...
.) The cemetery covers an area of approximately 20 acres (80,937.2 m²). The first interment took place on July 23, 1906. There is a Garden of Remembrance located within the cemetery.
Location
The cemetery is directly accessed from the main road, The Highway, which runs from the Turnpike (the colloquial local name for the junction of Usk Road and The Highway) and down through the village of New InnNew Inn
New Inn is a village and community of approximately 3,000 households located to the south east of Pontypool, within the County Borough of Torfaen in Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.- Location :...
. The cemetery is bordered to the north by the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal is a small network of canals in South Wales. For most of its length it runs through the Brecon Beacons National Park, and its present rural character and tranquillity belies its original purpose as an industrial corridor for coal and iron, which were brought to...
, on the east by the A4042
A4042 road
The A4042 is a trunk road that runs from Abergavenny to Newport in the United Kingdom.It begins on junction of the A40 and A465 south of Abergavenny and then travels southwards towards Little Mill north of Pontypool. This section is a single carriageway and is notoriously winding and undulating...
dual carriageway
Dual carriageway
A dual carriageway is a class of highway with two carriageways for traffic travelling in opposite directions separated by a central reservation...
, to the south by the Coed-y-Cando housing estate, and on the west by the Highway road.
The cemetery has a memorial to 156 people who died during the First World War. There are also 33 recognised Commonwealth War Graves
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves, and places of commemoration, of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars...
within the cemetery.