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Encyclopedia > Nantgarw

Nantgarw is a village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, lying on the River Taff. It is known for its porcelain, produced in the 1810s, commemorated at the China Works Museum. The village was later home to a colliery, and is now home to a small office of Companies House. Castell Coch lies near the village. Rhondda Cynon Taff (Welsh: Rhondda Cynon T f) is a county borough in Glamorgan, South Wales. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms such as Great Britain, Britain, United Kingdom and England, see British Isles (terminology). ... The River Taff should not be confused with the River Taf. ... Porcelain is a hard ceramic substance made by heating at high temperature selected and refined materials often including clay in the form of kaolinite. ... Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815). ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... Companies House is an Executive Agency of the United Kingdom Government Department of Trade and Industry. ... Castell Coch. ...


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Nantgarw (786 words)
Nantgarw is a small village about eight miles north of Cardiff and four miles from Pontypridd, in the parish of Eglwysilan.
It is supposed that he chose Nantgarw because he wanted to guard the secret of the manufacture of this porcelain, and because it was located on the route of the Canal.
Nantgarw porcelain was known as artificial soft from the nature of its paste or body which could be potted very thinly and was made to Billingsley's secret formula: a synthetic mixture of alkaline and aluminum silicates with added bone ash.
Nantgarw (665 words)
Nantgarw is a small village in the Taff Vale at the junction of the Pontypridd and Caerphilly roads.
There were once potteries in the area, of which the only obvious evidence is the Nantgarw China Works Museum (currently undergoing an extensive restoration programme) and a modern pub called 'The Pottery' on the Treforest Trading Estate to the North.
This handkerchief dance has a pattern entirely peculiar to itself and was the first Nantgarw dance to see the light of day with the Cardiff Morris.
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