A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
GLYNTAFF, a hamlet in Eglwysilan parish, and a chapelry in Eglwysilan, Llantrisaint, and Llanwonno parishes, Glamorgan. The hamlet lies on the river Taf, adjacent to the Glamorgan canal and the Vale of Taf railway, near Treforest and Newbridge Junction r. stations, 5 miles W of Caerphilly. Real property, £6, 388; of which £52 are in quarries, £1, 000 in ironworks, £85 in the canal, and £170 in railways. Pop. in 1851, 2, 050; in 1861, 2, 724. Houses, 567. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of mining and manufacturing operations. The chapelry was constituted in 1848. Pop. of the Eglwysilan portion, 2, 279; of the Llantrisaint portion, 3, 182; of the whole, 7, 443. Houses in the E. portion, 472; in the L. portion, 642; in the whole, 1, 535. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Llandaff. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Llandaff. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Llanwynno AP/CP Glamorgan AncC |
| Place: | Glyntaff |
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