Place:


Miskin  Glamorgan

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Miskin like this:

MISKIN, a hundred in the E of Glamorgan; bounded on the E by Caerphilly hundred,-on the S by DinasPowis and Cowbridge; and containing Aberdare parish, and six other parishes. Acres, 81,323. Pop. in 1851, 30,543; in 1861,57,347. Houses, 10,643.

Miskin through time

Miskin is now part of Rhondda; Cynon; Taff district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rhondda; Cynon; Taff has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Miskin itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Miskin, in Rhondda; Cynon; Taff and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20590

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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