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Ferndale ( Welsh: Glynrhedynog) is a town and community located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Neighbouring villages are Blaenllechau, Maerdy and Tylorstown. Ferndale was industrialised in the mid-19th century. The first coal mine shaft was sunk in 1857 and Ferndale was the first community to be ...
Rhondda No. 3 11 Ynyshir House 1845 Shepherd & Evans Ynyshir 1909 55 (1908) Rhondda No. 2 12 Perch Levels 1847 William Perch Blaenclydach: Unknown Unknown Rhondda No. 2 13 Cymmer (Old) Colliery: 1847 George Insole & Son Cymmer 1940 780 (1918) Rhondda No. 3 14 Coedcae Colliery 1850 Edward Mills Trehafod: 1935 585 (1923) Rhondda No. 3 15
Ferndale Colliery. Coordinates: 51°39′28″N 3°26′45″W. Ferndale Colliery was a series of nine coal mines, located close to the village of Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales .
Wales. Rhondda Cynon Taf. 51°38′58″N 3°26′22″W / . 51.6494°N 3.4395°W. / 51.6494; -3.4395. Tylorstown ( Welsh: Pendyrus) is a village and community located in the Rhondda valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is neighboured by the villages of Blaenllechau, Ferndale, Penrhys, Pontygwaith and Stanleytown .
Rhondda / ˈ r ɒ n ð ə /, or the Rhondda Valley (Welsh: Cwm Rhondda [kʊm ˈr̥ɔnða]), is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan.It takes its name from the River Rhondda, and embraces two valleys – the larger Rhondda Fawr valley (mawr, 'large') and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley (bach, 'small') – so that the singular "Rhondda Valley" and the ...
In 1857 the TVR board authorised the doubling of the Rhondda Fawr as far as Porth; by February 1858 eight collieries were sending their coal down the extension of the Rhondda branch. [22] In the subsidiary Rhondda valley, the Rhondda Fach, the line was opened from Porth to Ferndale in the summer of 1876 and to Maerdy in 1889. [12]
This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, ... Ferndale, Fernhill; G ... Map of places in Rhondda Cynon Taf compiled from this list.
The most populous individual town in Rhondda Cynon Taf is Aberdare (Welsh: Aberdâr) with a population of 39,550 (2011), followed by Pontypridd with 32,694 (2011). The largest built-up area as defined by the Office for National Statistics is the Tonypandy built-up area, with a population of 62,545 (2011), which covers much of the Rhondda valley ...