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  2. Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of collieries in the Rhondda Valleys - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Ferndale Colliery - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  5. List of places in Rhondda Cynon Taf - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Rhondda Cynon Taf - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Taff Vale Railway - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Llwynypia - Wikipedia

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    Llwynypia. / 51.635141; -3.448564. Llwynypia ( Welsh: Llwynypia [ˌɬʊɪnəˈpiːja]) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Tonypandy in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. Before 1850 a lightly populated rural farming area, Llwynypia experienced a population boom between 1860 and 1920 with the sinking of ...

  9. Research in mice shows how aging brain blood vessels may ...

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    However, the brain’s vascular system may be a primary reason for this neuronal death. As the authors of the new study point out, diseases that impact blood vessels, like stroke, atherosclerosis ...