A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
YSTRADYFODWG, two hamlets and a parish in Merthyr-Tydvil district. Glamorgan. The hamlets are Home Y. and Middle Y.; they lie on the river Rhondda, and on the Rhondda Valley railway, 8 miles NW of Pontypridd; and they have a post-office, of the name of Ystrad-Rhondda, under Pontypridd, and a r. station of the name of Ystrad. Real property, £4,888 and £6,818; of which £3,635 and £3,950 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 310 and 247; in 1861, 1,011 and 1,203. Houses, 176 and 226. The increase of pop. arose from extension of coal mining. The parish includes also Rhigos and Clydach hamlets, and comprises 24,515 acres. Pop. in 1851, 1,998; in 1861, 3,857. Houses, 715. Most of the property belongs to the Marquis of Bute. The low ground, along the river, is fine valley; and the flanking hills culminate at an altitude of 1,859 feet. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £120.* Patron, the Vicar of Llantrisant. There are several dissenting chapels.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two hamlets and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Rhondda AP/CP Glamorgan AncC |
| Place names: | YSTRAD RHONDDA | YSTRADYFODWG |
| Place: | Rhondda |
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