Caradog statue in Victoria Square

Aberdare Welsh - Aberdâr
OS grid reference	SO005025
Principal area	Rhondda Cynon Taff
Ceremonial county	Mid Glamorgan
Constituent country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ABERDARE
Postcode district	CF44
Dialling code	01685
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Cynon Valley
European Parliament	Wales
List of places: UK • Wales • Rhondda Cynon Taff

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Aberdare (Welsh: Aberdâr) is an industrial town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff in the traditional county of Glamorgan, in south Wales, situated (as the name implies) at the confluence of the Dar and Cynon rivers. The population at the (1991) census was 31,619. It is 4 miles S.W. of Merthyr Tydfil and 24 miles N.W. of Cardiff. From being, at the beginning of the 19th century, a mere village in an agricultural district, the place grew rapidly in population owing to the abundance of its coal and iron ore, and the population of the whole parish (which was only 1486 in 1801) increased tenfold during the first half of the century. It has since declined, owing to the loss of most of the heavy industry. Welsh redirects here, and this article describes the Welsh language. ... Rhondda Cynon Taff (Welsh: Rhondda Cynon T f) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. ... The British Isles are divided into the following traditional counties (also vice counties or historic counties). ... Glamorgan or Glamorganshire (Welsh: ) is one of thirteen historic counties and former administrative counties of Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: ) is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ...

Ironworks were established at Llwydcoed and Abernant in 1799 and 1800 respectively, followed by others at Gadlys and Aberaman in 1827 and 1847. These have not been worked since about 1875. After this, the iron industry was represented only by a small tinplate works, but by this stage the economy of the town was dominated by the coal industry. There were also several brickworks and breweries. During the latter half of the 19th century, considerable public improvements were made to the town, which became, despite its neighbouring collieries, a pleasant place to live. Its institutions included a post-graduate theological college (opened in connection with the Church of England in 1892, until 1907, when it was removed to Llandaff). 1799 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... // ON MAY 5 1853 MR.FADER HAD SEX WITH A MAN NAME MR WIEN THEN THEY HAD SON NAMEDMRS COTURE AND MR MANOOGIAN WENT INTO MRS HASKELLS OFFICE NAKED AND DANCED AROUND AND MASTERBATED ON HER CHEST AND SHE LICKED IT OFF THEN THEY HAD ORAL SEEX WITH NAPLOEAN OF... Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Llandaff electoral ward of Cardiff Llandaff (Welsh Llandaf llan church + Taf) is a district in the city of Cardiff, Wales, having been incorporated into the city in 1922, and is also the name of a diocese of the Church in Wales, covering the most populous area of south Wales. ...

Aberdare, with the ecclesiastical parishes of St Fagan's (Trecynon) and Aberaman carved out of the ancient parish, had twelve Anglican churches, one Roman Catholic church (built in 1866 in Monk Street near the site of a cell attached to Penrhys Abbey) and at one time had over fifty Nonconformist chapels. The services in the majority of the chapels were in Welsh. The urban district includes what were once the separate villages of Aberaman, Abernant, Cwmaman, Cwmbach, Cwmdare, Llwydcoed, Penywaun and Trecynon. There are several cairns and the remains of a circular British encampment on the mountain between Aberdare and Merthyr. Hirwaun moor, 4 miles to the N.W. of Aberdare, was according to tradition the scene of a battle at which Rhys ap Tewdwr, prince of Dyfed, was defeated by the allied forces of the Norman Robert Fitzhamon and Iestyn ap Gwrgant, the last prince of Glamorgan. “Catholic Church” redirects here. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Lewis Street, Aberaman the main shopping district of the village Aberaman is a village found in Aberdare in the Welsh county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Glamorgan. ... Abernant is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. ... Cwmaman is a former pit village near Aberdare, South Wales. ... Cwmbach is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. ... Cwmdare is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. ... Llwydcoed is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. ... Penywaun is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. ... Trecynon is a village near Aberdare, in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales. ... For other uses, see Cairn (disambiguation). ... Hirwaun is the name of an electoral ward, a community, and a mining village at the northwest end of the Cynon Valley in the South Wales Valleys. ... Rhys ap Tewdwr (997 – 1093) was a Prince of Deheubarth in West Wales and member of the Dinefwr dynasty, a branch descended from Rhodri the Great. ... Dyfed was one of the ancient kingdoms (or principalities) of Wales prior to the Norman Conquest. ... Robert Fitzhamon (died March 1107) was Lord of Gloucester and the conqueror of Glamorgan. ... Iestyn ap Gwrgant or Jestyn ap Gwrgant (Welsh: Justin, son of Gwrgant) (abt. ...

The town is served by Aberdare railway station, the terminus of the Merthyr Line - Aberdare branch. Aberdare railway station is a railway station serving the town of Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales. ... The Merthyr Line is a railway line in South Wales from Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare. ...

The Coal Industry

In the early years of Aberdare's development , most of the coal worked in the parish was coking coal, and was consumed locally, chiefly in the ironworks. In 1836, exploitation of the "Four-foot Seam" of high-calorific value steam coal began, and pits were sunk in rapid succession. This coal was valuable for railways and steam ships, and an export trade began, via the Taff Vale Railway and the port of Cardiff. The population of the parish rose from 6,471 in 1841 to 14,999 in 1851 and 32,299 in 1861 and John Davies^[1] described it as "the most dynamic place in Wales". In 1851, the Admiralty decided to use Welsh steam coal, and this decision boosted the reputation of Aberdare's product and launched a huge international export market^[2]. Coal mined in Aberdare parish rose from 177,000 tons in 1844 to 477,000 in 1850^[3], and the coal trade, which after 1875 was the chief support of the town, soon reached huge dimensions. Steam coal was subsequently found in the Rhondda and further west, but many of the great companies of the Welsh coal industry's Gilded Age started operation in Aberdare and the lower Cynon Valley, including those of Samuel Thomas, David Davies and Sons, Nixon's Navigation and Powell Duffryn^[4]. In common with the rest of the coalfield, Aberdare's coal industry commenced a long decline after World War I, and the last two deep mines still in operation in the 1960s were the small Aberaman and Fforchaman collieries, which closed in 1962 and1965 respectively. Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Heating value (or calorific value) is used to define the amount of heat released during the combustion of a fuel or food. ... The Taff Vale Railway (TVR) is a railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, and is one of the oldest in Wales. ... This article is about the capital city of Wales. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Flag of the Lord High Admiral The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... According to the Nuttall Encyclopedia, Ystradyfodwg is a township in Glamorgan, in a rich mining district. ... David Alfred Thomas, 1st Viscount Rhondda (26 March 1856 – 3 July 1918), sometimes known as D. A. Thomas, was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician. ... David Davies (1818-1890) was a highly influential Welsh industrialist. ... For the murderer in the U.S. state of Mississippi, see John B. Nixon John Nixon (May 10, 1815 - June 3, 1899), English mining engineer and colliery proprietor, was born at Barlow, Durham, the son of a farmer. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

Culture

Aberdare, during its boom years, was considered a centre of Welsh culture: it hosted the first National Eisteddfod in 1861, and again in 1885 and 1956. The Eisteddfod (literally sitting) is a Welsh festival of literature, music, and song. ... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) 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). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Coliseum is Aberdare's main arts venue, containing a 600-seat auditorium and cinema. It was built in 1938 using miners' subscriptions. The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. ... An auditorium is the area within a theatre, concert hall or other performance space where the audience is located in order to hear and watch the performance. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The El Chino Mine located near Silver City, New Mexico is an open-pit copper mine Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam. ...

Aberdare was the birthplace of the Second World War poet Alun Lewis, and a plaque commemorating him is to be found, including a quotation from his poem, The Mountain over Aberdare. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Alun Lewis (July 1, 1915 - March 5, 1944), was a poet of the Anglo-Welsh school. ...

Aberdare is the home of the rock band Stereophonics, who originated from the small village Cwmaman. It is also the hometown of guitarist Mark Parry of Vancouver rock band The Manvils, and of stage, TV and Hollywood actor Ioan Gruffudd (Fantastic Four, King Arthur) was born in Llwydcoed, Aberdare. Famed anarchist-punk band crass played their last live show for striking miners in Aberdare. Stereophonics are a rock band from Wales with members Kelly Jones, Richard Jones (no relation to Kelly) and Javier Weyler. ... Mark Parry is the lead guitarist for the Canadian based indie rock group The Manvils. ... The Manvils are a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver. ... Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced , yoe-an gri-fidh) (born October 6, 1973) is a British actor from Wales. ... For other uses, see Fantastic Four (disambiguation). ... A bronze Arthur in plate armour with visor raised and with jousting shield wearing Kastenbrust armour (early 15th century) by Peter Vischer, typical of later anachronistic depictions of Arthur. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... For information about the anarchist writer, see Chris Crass Crass was an English anarchist punk rock band, formed in 1977[1][2] and based around Dial House, an open house community near Epping, Essex. ...

Education

Ysgol Gyfun Rhydywaun is a Welsh Secondary School in Penywaun, Aberdare. It is a Mixed school of Non Denominational religion.

Aberdare is also home to Aberdare Boys' Comprehensive School, Aberdare Girls' School, Blaengwawr Comprehensive School and St. John the Baptist (Church in Wales) High School, which is a voluntary funded school and draws pupils from across the valleys. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Aberdare Boys Grammar School was located in Aberdare. Situated in Trecynon, it was called the Aberdare Intermediate School when it opened in 1896. It was also a mixed school at that time. There were 80 such schools in Wales in 1896, rising to 101 by 1920. The change of name to "Grammar" followed the 1944 Education Act. In 1964, the school relocated to Cwmdare Road. It ceased to be a grammar school in 1978, when the buildings were used to house the new Aberdare Boys' Comprehensive School. Brief details about the old Girls' Grammar School can be found on the Boys' Grammar School website. Aberdare Boys Grammar School is a grammar school located in Aberdare, Wales. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

Twin cities/towns

• - Montelimar, France
• - Slagelse, Denmark

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References

1. ^ Davies, John, A History of Wales, Penguin, 1994, ISBN 0-14-014581-8, p 400
2. ^ Davies, op cit, p 400
3. ^ Davies, op cit, p 384
4. ^ Davies, op cit, p 400

External links

• Aberdare on bbc.co.uk
• Aberdare Online
• Aberdare Blog
• Stay in the valleys Visit the Rhondda, Cynon and Taff Valleys

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Aberdare

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