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.pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Risca is located in Caerphilly"><img alt="Risca is located in Caerphilly" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg/240px-Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg/360px-Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg/480px-Caerphilly_UK_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="894" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:71.613%;left:88.286%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Risca"><img alt="Risca" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div>Risca</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_County_Borough" title="Caerphilly County Borough">Caerphilly</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">11,693 <sup id="cite_ref-caerphilly.gov.uk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caerphilly.gov.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">Language</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Cymraeg</a> (Welsh)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=51.608251~-3.091660&lvl=13&sp=Point.51.608251_-3.091660_Risca&sty=s&style=s">ST245905</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Wales" title="Local government in Wales">Principal area</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_(county_borough)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caerphilly (county borough)">Caerphilly</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">NEWPORT</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NP_postcode_area" title="NP postcode area">NP11</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/01633" title="01633">01633</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gwent_Police" title="Gwent Police">Gwent</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="South Wales Fire and Rescue Service">South Wales</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Ambulance_Service" title="Welsh Ambulance Service">Welsh</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Newport_West_and_Islwyn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newport West and Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)">Newport West and Islwyn</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Senedd_constituencies_and_electoral_regions" 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dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="List of places in Wales">Wales</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Caerphilly_County_Borough" title="List of places in Caerphilly County Borough">Caerphilly</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Risca&params=51.608_N_3.091_W_region:GB_type:city(11693)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°36′29″N</span> <span class="longitude">3°05′28″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.608°N 3.091°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.608; -3.091</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Risca</b> (<a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">Welsh</a>: <i lang="cy">Rhisga</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/Town" title="Town">town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Caerphilly_County_Borough" title="Caerphilly County Borough">Caerphilly County Borough</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Historic_counties_of_Wales" title="Historic counties of Wales">historic boundaries</a> of <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a> in south-east Wales. Risca has a railway station, re-opened on the <a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Valley_Railway" title="Ebbw Valley Railway">Ebbw Valley Railway</a> in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years. It is split into two <a href="/wiki/Community_(Wales)" title="Community (Wales)">communities</a>; Risca East and Risca West. It has a population of 11,700. Cardiff the capital of Wales can be reached in under 28 minutes from the nearby railway station of Risca and Pontymister station which reopened in 2008 after a gap of nearly 60 years. </p><p>The town lies at the south-eastern edge of the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Coalfield" title="South Wales Coalfield">South Wales Coalfield</a> and the town has been shaped by mining, together with other heavy industries, for many centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-oxfordhouse_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxfordhouse-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Risca is home to Ty-Sign, which is a large housing estate built in the early 1960s as a satellite village for the then new <a href="/wiki/Llanwern_steelworks" title="Llanwern steelworks">Llanwern steelworks</a>. Risca has a <a href="/wiki/Rural" class="mw-redirect" title="Rural">rural</a> aspect and is surrounded to the east and west by several extensively wooded hills including <a href="/wiki/Mynydd_Machen" title="Mynydd Machen">Mynydd Machen</a> (1,188 ft; 362 m) and <a href="/wiki/Twmbarlwm" title="Twmbarlwm">Twmbarlwm</a> (1,375 ft; 419 m) which attract tourists for the <a href="/wiki/Hillwalking" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillwalking">hillwalking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mountain_bike" title="Mountain bike">mountain bikers</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cwmcarn" title="Cwmcarn">Cwmcarn</a> Forest Drive. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There is evidence of human habitation in the Risca area going back thousands of years, such as the <a href="/wiki/Silures" title="Silures">Silures</a> hillfort on nearby <a href="/wiki/Twmbarlwm" title="Twmbarlwm">Twmbarlwm</a>, however the area was rural and sparsely populated until the nineteenth century. As local industries expanded and transport links improved with the building of the canal and railways, the population rapidly increased. </p><p>Several arguments have been put forward for the derivation of the name <i>Risca/Rhisga</i> including that it comes from the Welsh <i>yr is cae</i> meaning "the lower field" or <i>yr hesg cae</i> meaning "field or rushes" or <i>rhisgl</i> meaning oak bark.<sup id="cite_ref-osborne_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osborne-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest known official use of the name <i>Risca</i> for the place was in 1476 when two men from Risca were charged at the Newport <a href="/wiki/Assizes" title="Assizes">Assizes</a> although there are also ecclesiastical documents which go as far back as 1146 which include a man called <i>Kadmore de Risca</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-osborne_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osborne-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1540, Risca is found regularly in land transactions involving the Tredegar estates and in 1747 <a href="/wiki/John_Wesley" title="John Wesley">John Wesley</a> recorded a visit in his diary.<sup id="cite_ref-osborne_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-osborne-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rapid population increase started around 1820 with the opening of the mines. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Population </th></tr> <tr> <td>1851 </td> <td>2,044<sup id="cite_ref-Office1862_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Office1862-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1861 </td> <td>2,744<sup id="cite_ref-Office1862_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Office1862-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1871 </td> <td>3,400<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1891 </td> <td>7,783<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1906 </td> <td>11,200<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1911 </td> <td>14,149<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1921 </td> <td>16,745<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1931 </td> <td>16,605<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td>15,130<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961 </td> <td>13,955<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td>15,835<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td>11,543<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td>11,455<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td>11,693<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-caerphilly.gov.uk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caerphilly.gov.uk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: Until the 1990s, these figures include the population of the nearby villages of <a href="/wiki/Crosskeys" title="Crosskeys">Crosskeys</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pontymister" title="Pontymister">Pontymister</a> but since the reorganisation of wards only includes the population of Risca East and Risca West wards. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Industrial_Heritage">Industrial Heritage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Industrial Heritage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> From the early nineteenth century, the area around Risca has been dominated by coal mining and transport systems to access the mines,<sup id="cite_ref-oxfordhouse_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oxfordhouse-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although there is also evidence that lead and coal were being extracted much earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-alanjones_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alanjones-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Risca_Sunset_(8325846913).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Risca_Sunset_%288325846913%29.jpg/220px-Risca_Sunset_%288325846913%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Risca_Sunset_%288325846913%29.jpg/330px-Risca_Sunset_%288325846913%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Risca_Sunset_%288325846913%29.jpg/440px-Risca_Sunset_%288325846913%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4613" data-file-height="2943" /></a><figcaption>View over Risca</figcaption></figure> <p>The first large scale mine was known as the Black Vein colliery and it was located near to the boundary between Risca and what is now Cross Keys and closed in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-blackvein_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackvein-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The New Risca Colliery, which was between what is now Wattsville and Cross Keys, operated until 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-newrisca_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newrisca-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Black Vein coal seam was very explosive and the mines working it experienced <a href="/wiki/Risca_colliery_disasters" title="Risca colliery disasters">a series of serious mine accidents</a>. In 1846, 35 miners were killed in an explosion at the Black Vein Colliery, and in 1860 more than 140 miners were killed at the same mine.<sup id="cite_ref-blackvein_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackvein-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1860, an explosion at the New Risca colliery, which was working the same seam of coal, killed 120 men.<sup id="cite_ref-newrisca_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newrisca-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition to its coal mines, brickworks, quarries, and copper, tin, and iron works also developed in and around Risca through the nineteenth century.<sup id="cite_ref-alanjones_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alanjones-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Risca was served by the <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_Railway_and_Canal_Company" title="Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company">Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company</a> lines to the north from Tredegar (via the <a href="/wiki/Sirhowy_Railway" title="Sirhowy Railway">Sirhowy Railway</a>) and Ebbw Vale towards Newport to the south, including passenger facilities at the original <a href="/wiki/Risca_railway_station" title="Risca railway station">Risca railway station</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Twentieth_century">Twentieth century</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Twentieth century"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dominance of coal in the local economy meant that mine closures in the 1930s and 1940s caused severe unemployment in Risca.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some charitable relief was sent by the Mayor of Oxford's Mining Distress Committee. In 1931, this included - with the help of a grant from the Educational Settlements Association - the founding of the Educational Settlement at Oxford House, Risca. The first wardens of the settlement were a couple, Mr and Mrs Wills. David Wills was a UK pioneer of <a href="/wiki/Psychiatric_social_work" class="mw-redirect" title="Psychiatric social work">psychiatric social work</a>, a holder of a William Straight Fellowship at the <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University_School_of_Social_Work" title="Columbia University School of Social Work">New York School of Social Work</a> at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>. Oxford House, Risca was founded at Hillside, moving in 1937 to The Grove.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oxford House is now an adult education centre operated by Caerphilly Borough Council.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the 1970s, most of the local coalmines had closed and the majority of the population were working in other industries. </p><p>The town is now part of the Cardiff Capital Region which has a combined population of 1,543,293. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the UK Parliament, Risca is part of the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Newport_West_and_Islwyn_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Newport West and Islwyn (UK Parliament constituency)">Newport West and Islwyn</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> stronghold represented since the 2024 general election by <a href="/wiki/Ruth_Jones_(politician)" title="Ruth Jones (politician)">Ruth Jones</a>. <a href="/wiki/Don_Touhig" title="Don Touhig">Don Touhig</a> previously represented the constituency following a by-election in 1995, but did not stand for re-election in 2010. The seat and its predecessor was formerly represented for 25 years by the former Labour leader <a href="/wiki/Neil_Kinnock" title="Neil Kinnock">Neil Kinnock</a>. </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Senedd" title="Senedd">Senedd</a>, Risca is part of the constituency of <a href="/wiki/Islwyn_(Senedd_constituency)" title="Islwyn (Senedd constituency)">Islwyn</a>, represented since 2003 by Labour's <a href="/wiki/Irene_James" title="Irene James">Irene James</a>. At the first Assembly elections in 1999 Brian Hancock, Plaid Cymru, won the seat in a major upset and one of 17 seats in the National Assembly of Wales for Plaid Cymru. The constituency falls within the electoral region of <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_East_(National_Assembly_for_Wales_electoral_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Wales East (National Assembly for Wales electoral region)">South Wales East</a>, whose four AMs are Conservatives <a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Asghar" title="Mohammad Asghar">Mohammad Asghar</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Graham_(Welsh_politician)" title="William Graham (Welsh politician)">William Graham</a>, Plaid Cymru's <a href="/wiki/Jocelyn_Davies" title="Jocelyn Davies">Jocelyn Davies</a>, and Liberal Democrat <a href="/wiki/Veronica_German" title="Veronica German">Veronica German</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_landmarks_and_buildings">Notable landmarks and buildings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable landmarks and buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Twmbarlwm, has the remains of an <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> <a href="/wiki/Hill_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill fort">hill fort</a> near its summit,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and this is believed to have been built by the <a href="/wiki/Silures" title="Silures">Silures</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Celt" class="mw-redirect" title="Celt">Celtic</a> tribe that inhabited the area before and during <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman</a> times. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Oak_(pub)" class="mw-redirect" title="Welsh Oak (pub)">Welsh Oak</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Pub" title="Pub">pub</a> on the outskirts of <a href="/wiki/Pontymister" title="Pontymister">Pontymister</a>, was the meeting place for the <a href="/wiki/Chartists" class="mw-redirect" title="Chartists">Chartists</a> before they marched on <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Newport_Rising" title="Newport Rising">Newport Rising</a> of 1839. </p><p>The local <a href="/wiki/Church_in_Wales" title="Church in Wales">Church in Wales</a> <a href="/wiki/Church_(building)" title="Church (building)">church</a> is dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Mary_(Mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (Mother of Jesus)">St. Mary</a> the Virgin <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/351908">[1]</a>. The <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_and_St_Mercurius_Coptic_Orthodox_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church">St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church</a> in St Mary Street is a grade II listed building <sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is the first <a href="/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church_in_Wales" title="Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales">Coptic Orthodox Church in Wales</a>. It was a former <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Methodist_Church_(Great_Britain)" title="Wesleyan Methodist Church (Great Britain)">Wesleyan Methodist</a> church, founded in 1837, rebuilt on the same site in 1852 and was dedicated to St John. The architect is unknown. The church was designed to seat 600 people. It was later known as "Trinity Methodist Church".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> The park 'Tredegar Grounds' was donated to the people of Risca in 1897 by <a href="/wiki/Godfrey_Morgan,_1st_Viscount_Tredegar" title="Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar">Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar</a>, to commemorate <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria’s</a> <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond Jubilee">Diamond Jubilee</a> and in return the 'Jubilee' statue was erected by public subscription 'in recognition of Lord Tredegar's generosity to the neighbourhood.' A small bronze statuette of <a href="/wiki/Samson" title="Samson">Samson</a>, a bearded figure dressed in a loincloth, stands on a circular stone plinth on a square stepped base. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops,_Risca_(geograph_3543029).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops%2C_Risca_%28geograph_3543029%29.jpg/220px-Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops%2C_Risca_%28geograph_3543029%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops%2C_Risca_%28geograph_3543029%29.jpg/330px-Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops%2C_Risca_%28geograph_3543029%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops%2C_Risca_%28geograph_3543029%29.jpg/440px-Looking_across_the_park_to_the_shops%2C_Risca_%28geograph_3543029%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A view through Tredegar Park towards the main street of Risca</figcaption></figure> <p>The town is served by <a href="/wiki/Risca_and_Pontymister_railway_station" title="Risca and Pontymister railway station">Risca and Pontymister railway station</a> which is served by direct trains between <a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Central_railway_station" title="Cardiff Central railway station">Cardiff Central</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ebbw_Vale_Town_railway_station" title="Ebbw Vale Town railway station">Ebbw Vale Town</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_and_Brecon_canal" class="mw-redirect" title="Monmouthshire and Brecon canal">Monmouthshire canal</a> passes through the town.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_Education">Culture and Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Culture and Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town currently has four schools: Risca Primary School, Ty-Sign Primary School, Ty Isaf Infants School and Risca Community Comprehensive School. <a href="/wiki/Risca_Community_Comprehensive_School" title="Risca Community Comprehensive School">Risca Community Comprehensive School</a> is the only secondary school in Risca and was opened by <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II" title="Elizabeth II">Elizabeth II</a> in 1977. It is located on the same site as the town's leisure centre and has approximately 1000 pupils. </p><p>Risca also has an award-winning <a href="/wiki/Male_voice_choir" class="mw-redirect" title="Male voice choir">male voice choir</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport_and_Leisure">Sport and Leisure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Sport and Leisure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Risca_United_F.C." title="Risca United F.C.">Risca United F.C.</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/Cymru_South" title="Cymru South">Cymru South</a> and are managed by Simon Berry. The club used to play their home games at Ty-Isaf Park. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Risca_RFC" title="Risca RFC">Risca RFC</a> (The Cuckoos) play in the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Rugby_Union" title="Welsh Rugby Union">Welsh Rugby Union</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=WRU_Division_one_East&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WRU Division one East (page does not exist)">Division 1 East</a>, at Stores Field, Risca. An active mini-rugby & junior section with age groups from 6 to 16, provide a steady stream of players, some of them having progressed to the early stages of professional rugby with the <a href="/wiki/Dragons_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragons (rugby union)">Newport Gwent Dragons</a>. </p><p>There are some extensive <a href="/wiki/Mountain_bike" title="Mountain bike">mountain bike</a> trails on the wooded hills just to the north of the town, at <a href="/wiki/Cwmcarn" title="Cwmcarn">Cwmcarn</a>, which are receiving increasing popularity. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>See <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_Risca" title="Category:People from Risca">Category:People from Risca</a></i></dd></dl> <ul><li>Sprint athlete <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Baulch" title="Jamie Baulch">Jamie Baulch</a> was raised in Risca before going on to compete for his country at the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and various other Championships.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Edwards_(rugby_league)" title="Harold Edwards (rugby league)">Harold Edwards (rugby league)</a> (1909–1993), Welsh rugby league footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 March</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Gwent+Local+History&rft.atitle=Notes+on+the+Origin+of+the+Place+Name+%27Risca%27&rft.ssn=fall&rft.issue=67&rft.pages=3-10&rft.date=1989&rft.aulast=Osborne&rft.aufirst=Dr.+G.O.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.library.wales%2Fview%2F1337678%2F1338965%2F4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Office1862-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Office1862_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Office1862_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreat_Britain._Census_Office1862" class="citation book cs1">Great Britain. Census Office (1862). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Vm0_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PR1"><i>Census of England and Wales for the Year 1861</i></a>. pp. 1–.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Census+of+England+and+Wales+for+the+Year+1861&rft.pages=1-&rft.date=1862&rft.au=Great+Britain.+Census+Office&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DVm0_AQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPR1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1">"RISCA". Charles Hough. 14 April 1871. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10107%2F3441773">10107/3441773</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=RISCA&rft.date=1871-04-14&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10107%2F3441773&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Unknown parameter <code class="cs1-code">|agency=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#parameter_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire</i>. 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Walter Alfred Pearce. 8 June 1906. <a href="/wiki/Hdl_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hdl (identifier)">hdl</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hdl.handle.net/10107%2F4164123">10107/4164123</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=RISCA+HOUSING+QUESTION&rft.date=1906-06-08&rft_id=info%3Ahdl%2F10107%2F4164123&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" title="Template:Cite journal">cite journal</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Cite journal requires <code class="cs1-code">|journal=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#missing_periodical" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Unknown parameter <code class="cs1-code">|agency=</code> ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#parameter_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/kellysdirectoryo141920lond#page/n225/mode/2up"><i>Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire and South Wales</i></a>. Kelly's Directory. 1920. p. 204<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kelly%27s+Directory+of+Monmouthshire+and+South+Wales&rft.pages=204&rft.pub=Kelly%27s+Directory&rft.date=1920&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fkellysdirectoryo141920lond%23page%2Fn225%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/datavalue/492072">"1921 Census of England and Wales"</a>. <i>Visions of Britain</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Visions+of+Britain&rft.atitle=1921+Census+of+England+and+Wales&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdatavalue%2F492072&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/datavalue/492072">"1931 Census of England and Wales"</a>. <i>Visions of Britain</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Visions+of+Britain&rft.atitle=1931+Census+of+England+and+Wales&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdatavalue%2F492072&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/datavalue/214886">"1951 Census of England and Wales"</a>. <i>Visions of Britain</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Visions+of+Britain&rft.atitle=1951+Census+of+England+and+Wales&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdatavalue%2F214886&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/datavalue/39969">"1961 Census of England and Wales"</a>. <i>Visions of Britain</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Visions+of+Britain&rft.atitle=1961+Census+of+England+and+Wales&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.visionofbritain.org.uk%2Fdatavalue%2F39969&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://casweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk/">"1971 Census: Aggregate data (Great Britain) w561445 RISCA U.D."</a> <i>Registrar General for England and Wales, UK Data Service Census Support</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 April</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Registrar+General+for+England+and+Wales%2C+UK+Data+Service+Census+Support.&rft.atitle=1971+Census%3A+Aggregate+data+%28Great+Britain%29+w561445+RISCA+U.D.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcasweb.ukdataservice.ac.uk%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/construct/components/cellComponent.asp?menuopt=10&subcomp=">- Risca West 4,850 & Risca East 6,693</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/CaerphillyDocs/Statistics-and-data/Risca_West.aspx">- Risca West Ward 2001 Census (population 5071)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/CaerphillyDocs/Statistics-and-data/Risca_East.aspx">- Risca East Ward 2001 Census (population 6384)</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-alanjones-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-alanjones_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-alanjones_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones1980" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Alan Victor (1980). <i>Risca - its industrial and social development</i>. Bognor Regis: New Horizon. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0861164725" title="Special:BookSources/0861164725"><bdi>0861164725</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Risca+-+its+industrial+and+social+development&rft.place=Bognor+Regis&rft.pub=New+Horizon&rft.date=1980&rft.isbn=0861164725&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Alan+Victor&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-blackvein-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-blackvein_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-blackvein_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Gwent/BlackVein.htm">"Black Vein Colliery"</a>. <i>Welsh Coal Mines</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Welsh+Coal+Mines&rft.atitle=Black+Vein+Colliery&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.welshcoalmines.co.uk%2FGwent%2FBlackVein.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-newrisca-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-newrisca_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-newrisca_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/Gwent/RiscaPit.htm">"Risca New Pit"</a>. <i>Welsh coal mines</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 September</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Welsh+coal+mines&rft.atitle=Risca+New+Pit&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.welshcoalmines.co.uk%2FGwent%2FRiscaPit.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBoucher2013" class="citation book cs1">Boucher, Dan (24 June 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iwa.wales/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bigsocietyinasmallcountry-10-copy.pdf"><i>The Big Society in a small country - Wales, social capital, mutualism and self-help</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Institute of Welsh Affairs. pp. 13–14. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-904773-66-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-904773-66-5"><bdi>978-1-904773-66-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Big+Society+in+a+small+country+-+Wales%2C+social+capital%2C+mutualism+and+self-help&rft.pages=13-14&rft.pub=Institute+of+Welsh+Affairs&rft.date=2013-06-24&rft.isbn=978-1-904773-66-5&rft.aulast=Boucher&rft.aufirst=Dan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwa.wales%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F03%2Fbigsocietyinasmallcountry-10-copy.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb218-d2357">"Oxford House Educational Settlement, Risca, Records - Archives Hub"</a>. <i>archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk&rft.atitle=Oxford+House+Educational+Settlement%2C+Risca%2C+Records+-+Archives+Hub&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchiveshub.jisc.ac.uk%2Fdata%2Fgb218-d2357&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/Services/Schools-and-learning/Adult-learning/Courses">"Caerphilly - Adult education courses"</a>. <i>www.caerphilly.gov.uk</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 February</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.caerphilly.gov.uk&rft.atitle=Caerphilly+-+Adult+education+courses&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.caerphilly.gov.uk%2FServices%2FSchools-and-learning%2FAdult-learning%2FCourses&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARisca" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales</i>. John Davies, <a href="/wiki/Nigel_Jenkins" title="Nigel Jenkins">Nigel Jenkins</a>, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg761 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7083-1953-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7083-1953-6">978-0-7083-1953-6</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/wa-22519-church-of-st-mary-and-st-mercurius-risca">British listed buildings</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jones, A. V. (1977) <i> Risca, its Industrial and Social Development</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/351898">https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/351898</a> Picture of the station</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Risca&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.riscachoir.net/">Risca Male Choir official website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/music/sites/risca_male_choir/">BBC Wales profile of Risca Choir</a></li> <li><a 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title="Caerphilly">Caerphilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cefn_Fforest" title="Cefn Fforest">Cefn Fforest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crosskeys" title="Crosskeys">Crosskeys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crumlin,_Caerphilly" title="Crumlin, Caerphilly">Crumlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darran_Valley" title="Darran Valley">Darran Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gelligaer" title="Gelligaer">Gelligaer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanbradach_and_Pwllypant" title="Llanbradach and Pwllypant">Llanbradach and Pwllypant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maesycwmmer" title="Maesycwmmer">Maesycwmmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nelson,_Caerphilly" title="Nelson, Caerphilly">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_Caerphilly" title="Newbridge, Caerphilly">Newbridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Tredegar" title="New Tredegar">New Tredegar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pengam" title="Pengam">Pengam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penmaen,_Caerphilly" title="Penmaen, Caerphilly">Penmaen</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Abertridwr,_Caerphilly" title="Abertridwr, Caerphilly">Abertridwr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abertysswg" title="Abertysswg">Abertysswg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argoed,_Caerphilly" title="Argoed, Caerphilly">Argoed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedwas" title="Bedwas">Bedwas</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blaen-carno&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Blaen-carno (page does not exist)">Blaen-carno</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bont_Pren&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bont Pren (page does not exist)">Bont Pren</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Britannia,_Caerphilly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Britannia, Caerphilly (page does not exist)">Britannia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brithdir,_Caerphilly" title="Brithdir, Caerphilly">Brithdir</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bryn,_Caerphilly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bryn, Caerphilly (page does not exist)">Bryn</a></li> <li><a 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