Thorn Hotel, Abercynon

Abercynon is a small village in the Cynon Valley, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. It lies at the confluence of the Cynon and Taff rivers, approximately 15 miles north of Cardiff. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3888 × 2592 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (3888 × 2592 pixel, file size: 2. ... Masouleh village, Gilan Province, Iran. ... Categories: UK geography stubs ... Rhondda Cynon Taff (Welsh: Rhondda Cynon T f) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... The River Cynon is a river in South Wales and is one of the larger tributaries of the River Taff. ... The River Taff is a large river in South Wales. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ...

Unusually for a village, it has two railway stations. One is on the line from Cardiff to Aberdare, namely Abercynon North The other, Abercynon South, is on the Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil line. Trains are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Merthyr Line service. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street Station in 1865. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Abercynon North railway station is one of two railway stations serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, South Wales. ... Abercynon South railway station is one of two railway stations serving the village of Abercynon in the Cynon Valley, South Wales. ... Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: ) is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ... Arriva Trains Wales (Welsh: ) is a train operating company that operates urban and inter urban passenger services in Wales and the Welsh Marches. ... The Merthyr Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. ...

The village was the terminus of the world's first steam railway journey when on 21 February 1804 the inventor Richard Trevithick drove a steam locomotive hauling both iron and passengers travelled from the Penydarren ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil to the basin of the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon. There are memorials to Trevithick's journey at Penydarren and outside the fire station at Abercynon. is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1804 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Trevithick Richard Trevithick (April 13, 1771 – April 22, 1833) was a British inventor, engineer and builder of the first working railway steam locomotive. ... One of the last mainline steam locomotives built in the UK: British Railways Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 no. ... Penydarren was the fourth of the great ironworks established at Merthyr Tydfil. ... The Glamorganshire Canal was a canal in Glamorgan, South Wales, UK, running from Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff. ...

The village developed as a transport interchange being at the junction of the Merthyr and Aberdare branches of the Glamorganshire Canal and the Merthyr and Aberdare branches of the Taff Vale Railway. For a time it was known as "Navigation" and the Navigation Hotel, which was originally the headquarters of the Glamorganshire Canal, still bears this name. The colliery was sunk in 1889 and was joined to the colliery at Ynysybwl and was known before its closure in the late 1980s as Abercynon Lady Windsor Colliery. The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales. ... Year 1889 (MDCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Ynysybwl is a village in south Wales, United Kingdom. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ...

Dai Dower, the boxing champion was born here. Stephen Williams, Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West grew up here. Stephen Roy Williams (born 11 October 1966) is a British Liberal Democrat politician who was elected Member of Parliament for Bristol West in the 2005 election. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

Llancaiach Fawr Manor, a Tudor manor house, lies nearby. Llancaiach Fawr is a Tudor manor house near the town of Caerphilly in south Wales, which is now a museum of living history. ... Tudor architecture is the architecture of the Tudor period, ie. ... Ightham Mote For the London district, see Manor House, London. ...

Abercynon's rugby league side are called the Valley Cougars and play in the Welsh Conference Premier. The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from United Co-operatives is a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales. ...

The village of Abercynon is also home to the Thorn Hotel, which was once used by the legendary Tom Jones to practice his performances. For other uses, see Tom Jones (disambiguation). ...

External links

• grid reference ST083948
• Abercynon RFC
• Stay in the valleys Visit the Rhondda, Cynon and Taff Valleys

Coordinates: 51.64449° N 3.32666° W The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...