Caerphilly (;, ) is a town in the county borough of Caerphilly, south Wales, located at the southern end of the Rhymney Valley.

David Stuart Havard ( born 7 February 1950 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2001.

Bargoed () is a town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys.

An example is the Pete Seeger and Idris Davies song " The Bells of Rhymney ".

Rhymney (; ) is a town and a community located in the county borough of Caerphilly in south-east Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire.

Along with the villages of Pontlottyn, Fochriw, Abertysswg, Deri and New Tredegar, Rhymney is designated as the ' Upper Rhymney Valley ' by the local Unitary Authority, Caerphilly County Borough Council.

Rhymney is known to many outside of Wales as a result of the song " The Bells of Rhymney ", a musical adaptation of a poem by Idris Davies.

The history of Rhymney is described in Rhymney Memories, a book by Dr Thomas Jones.

There is also a Welsh language primary school in Rhymney.

Rhymney railway station is on the Rhymney Line.

The town is also home to the Rhymney Silurian Male Choir, which was formed in 1951 to renew the tradition of male voice singing in Rhymney.

The most prolific writer about the history of Rhymney and its surrounding villages is local historian Marion Evans who has produced five volumes of her series A Portrait of Rhymney with cameos of Pontlottyn, Tafarnaubach, Princetown, Abertysswg and Fochriw.

One of the largest employers in Rhymney is Williams Medical Supplies Ltd.

The district is served by two railway stations, Llanishen railway station ( on the Cardiff Central to Rhymney Line ) in the east and Ty Glas railway station ( on the Cardiff Central to Coryton ) in the west.

The area is served by Lisvane and Thornhill railway station with services northbound to Rhymney and southbound to Cardiff Central via Cardiff Queen Street.

Heath High Level is on the Rhymney Line, linking Central and Rhymney stations via Llanishen, Lisvane Thornhill and Caerphilly.

Born in Machen in the Rhymney Valley in Monmouthshire, he was educated in Bassaleg Grammar School before graduating in Geography at what was then known as Portsmouth Polytechnic ( now the University of Portsmouth ).

After local government re-organisation in 1974 he continued as leader of the newly-constituted Rhymney Valley District Council and led a campaign for a Fair Rents Act against plans by the Conservative Government of Edward Heath to increase the amount of rent paid by Council house tenants, although in Labour circles it was well known that he wanted to surrender to the government, but was voted down by the local labour party management, led by Ray Davies.

Since its inception in 1904 it has always been the top flight of the Welsh League, or the Rhymney Valley League and Glamorgan League as it was known until 1912.

Since its inception in 1904 it has always sat below the top flight of the Welsh League, or the Rhymney Valley League and Glamorgan League as it was known until 1912.

Prior to that it was known as the Rhymney Valley League ( 1904-1909 ).

Thomas Clifford Peters MBE, known as " Cliff " was born in Rhymney in 1919.

He is now best known for the verses Bells of Rhymney from his 1938 Gwalia Deserta ( meaning literally " Wasteland of Wales "), which were later adapted into a popular folk song.

Robert Morgan, ( b. c 1615 ) became a farmer in Llanrumney ( now known as Rhymney ) a village 3 miles from Tredegar, and was father of Henry Morgan ( who would have a successful career in the Caribbean as a privateer, and pirate ).

Born at 100 High Street, Rhymney, Monmouthshire, Jones was familiarly known as " T. J ." He was Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet under four Prime Ministers: Lloyd George, Andrew Bonar Law, Stanley Baldwin and Ramsay MacDonald.

Since the demise of the Collieries further up the valley, the Rhymney River, which passes through Trethomas, has gone from being a contaminated, black monstrosity, to a clean, aromatic river, now teeming with wildlife and fish after many barren years.

The river is culverted in many of its upper sections, including a tunnel under the former factory complexes in Rhymney, exiting at Pontlottyn.

A number of French Huguenots settled in Wales, in the upper Rhymney valley of the current Caerphilly County Borough.

Wales & Borders also used Mark 2 carriages on Rhymney Line and Fishguard Harbour services hauled by EWS Class 37s and Mark 2 carriages hauled by EWS Class 47s on North Wales Coast Line services.

* Williams Medical Supplies, a medical supplies company based in Rhymney, south Wales

Counsel General Carwyn Jones, Health Minister Edwina Hart and Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney AM Huw Lewis entered a leadership contest to elect a new Labour leader in Wales.

During the early days of the Rhymney Valley and Glamorgan League's there was also the South Wales League ( 1890-1911 ) but this competition had no connection with the origins of the Welsh Football League.

This new competition would be named the Rhymney Valley League and the reason for its creation was due to the South Wales League being ' overly dominated by Cardiff clubs ', though the number of teams from Cardiff barely numbered more than a couple in any one season.

Fox grew up in Gilfach, Bargoed in the Rhymney Valley, a former mining community in south-east Wales.

Other notable people born in Rhymney include the Major League Baseball trainer, John D. Reese, and Wales international rugby union Wing Tom James.

The Rhymney Railway was virtually a single stretch of main line, some fifty miles in length, by which the Rhymney Valley was connected to the docks at Cardiff in the county of Glamorgan, South Wales.

He was born in Rhymney, near Caerphilly in South Wales, the Welsh-speaking son of colliery chief winderman Evan Davies and his wife Elizabeth Ann.

The Rhymney Valley in South Wales.

In 1947 he returned to teach at a school in the Rhymney Valley in Wales ..

Memorial to Idris Davies in Rhymney, Monmouthshire ( historic ) | Monmouthshire, Wales

Arriva Trains Wales purchased several vehicles for use on trains from Cardiff to Rhymney and Fishguard.