| Penmaen | |
|---|---|
 Penmaen Chapel and gravestones | |
  Penmaen Location within Caerphilly | |
| Population | 5,251 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | ST193990 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLACKWOOD |
| Postcode district | NP12 |
| Dialling code | 01495 |
| Police | Gwent |
| Fire | South Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Penmaen (historically sometimes spelled Penmain) is a hamlet and community in Caerphilly county borough, south Wales, within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It is situated in the Sirhowy valley, 3 miles (4.8 km) East of Blackwood. It is contiguous with, if not completely encompassed by, the larger village of Oakdale, which forms most of the community urban area.
Penmain is an anglicisation of the Welsh language name Penmaen, meaning quite simply "headland" or "outcrop" (a common element in Welsh placenames: literally, rock/stone hill). Both spellings are found locally, with the English spelling predominant throughout the majority of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries,[2][3][4][5] but the Welsh spelling is the one now more generally used.
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ Dissenters (1839)
- ^ Ordnance Survey map (1901)
- ^ Ralph Thomas, Oakdale, The Model Village (2004) ISBN 0-9547320-0-6
- ^ [1] | Kelly's Directory (1901)