Bute Town

This article is about a village in Caerpilly. For the community in Cardiff, see Butetown.
Bute Town
Welsh: Drenewydd
Bute Town
 Bute Town shown within Caerphilly
Principal areaCaerphilly
Ceremonial countyGwent
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town TREDEGAR
Postcode district NP22
Dialling code 01685
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentMerthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Welsh AssemblyMerthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
List of places
UK
Wales
Caerphilly

Coordinates: 51°46′26″N 3°18′00″W / 51.774°N 3.3°W / 51.774; -3.3

Bute Town (Welsh: Drenewydd "New Town") is a village in the county borough of Caerphilly, near Rhymney, in Wales. It was built in the 1830s as a "model village" to house local workers,[1] and named after the Marquis of Bute.[2] Built with 48 houses[3] arranged in three rows, the village housed between 195 and 430 people in the 19th century.[4] Bute Town has been a Conservation Area since October 1972, and all of the buildings are on the statutory list of buildings of architectural or historic interest.[5]

The Doctor Who episode The Crimson Horror filmed on location in Bute Town in mid-2012.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Bute Town: Home". www.butetownhistory.info. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "SO1009 : Butetown - Y Drenewydd, Rhymney". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Bute Town: The people who lived here". www.butetownhistory.info. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Bute Town: Design and Influence". www.butetownhistory.info. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bute Town Conservation Area Design Guide" (PDF). www.caerphilly.gov.uk. August 2005. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Doctor Who Series 7: Diana Rigg Filming Pics". SFX. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2013.
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