The Old Mill Inn stood on Bridge Street in one of the oldest parts of Bargoed at one time known as Pont Aberbargoed. The inn was built in 1739 and known locally as ‘Yr Hen Dafarn. Name derives from an old corn mill which stood nearby with landlord, Daniel Lewis being the last miller. Lewis was also the nephew of Evan James who wrote the Welsh national anthem.
By 2010 the hotel was closed and was destroyed by fire two years later.
The Bowls Inn occupied a prominent position on the B4263 Abertridwr Road and stood opposite Station Road. Dating back to the early 1880s and offered thirsty coal workers a place to relax after a hard day's graft.
In 1851 the public house was in the possession of Eli Price who was known as a butcher, farmer and innkeeper. It is believed an earlier inn stood on the present site dating back to the 17th century and served the foundry and farm workers of Caerphilly.
Mae’n dyddio i’r 18fed ganrif ac yn sefyll ar ben Mynydd Caerffili. Gerllaw mae yna hen gastell Cymreig aeth yn angof. George Lightfoot fu’n cadw’r adeilad to gwellt rhwng yr Ail Rhyfel Byd ac 1971.
A country pub located half way up Caerphilly Mountain.
The landlord in 1892 was a John Harris who brewed his own beer like many other licensees of the period. Operating nearby was the Blackbrook Colliery, a drift mine, which was in operation between 1923 - 1935
