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Merthyr Tydfil es la principal localidad y capital del condado de Merthyr Tydfil, Gales. Se encuentra a 37 km al norte de Cardiff . Comúnmente llamada Merthyr , se dice que su nombre proviene de Tydfil, hija del rey Brychan de Brycheiniog , quien según la leyenda fue asesinado por paganos en Merthyr alrededor del año 480.
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Merthyr Tydfil es la principal localidad y capital del condado de Merthyr Tydfil, Gales. Se encuentra a 37 km al norte de Cardiff . Comúnmente llamada Merthyr, se dice que su nombre proviene de Tydfil, hija del rey Brychan de Brycheiniog, quien según…
Rhymney es una localidad situada en el condado de Caerphilly, en Gales, con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 5203 habitantes. Se encuentra ubicada al sur de Gales, a poca distancia al norte de Cardiff y del canal de Bristol. Merthyr Tydfil. Tipo: área principal de Gales con 58,900 habitantes. Vecinos: Powys.
Merthyr Tydfil: Entidad: Autoridad unitaria • País Reino Unido • Nación constitutiva Gales • Condado: Mid Glamorgan: Superficie • Total: 111 km²: Altitud • Media: 389 m s. n. m. Población (2011) • Total: 58,800 hab. • Densidad: 502 hab./km²: Código postal: CF47/CF48: Prefijo telefónico: 01685: ISO 3166-2: GB-MTY ...
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- The Welsh Language
- Industrial Legacy
- Open-Cast Mining
- Government
- Religion
- Culture
- Tourism
- Transport
- Employment
Pre-history
Peoples migrating north from Europe had lived in the area for many thousands of years. The archaeological record starts from about 1000 BCE with the Celts. From their language, the Welsh language developed. Hillforts were built during the Iron Age and the tribe that inhabited them in the south of Wales was called the Silures, according to Tacitus, the Roman historian of the Roman invaders.
The Roman invasion
The Romans arrived in Wales by about 47–53 CE and established a network of forts, with roads to link them. They had to fight hard to consolidate their conquests, and in 74 CE they built an auxiliary fortress at Penydarren, overlooking the River Taff. It covered an area of about three hectares, and formed part of the network of roads and fortifications; remains were found underneath the Merthyr Town F.C. football ground. A road ran north–south through the area, linking the southern coast with...
The coming of Christianity
The Latin language and some Roman customs and culture became established before the withdrawal of the Roman army. The Christianreligion was introduced throughout much of Wales by the Romans, but locally it may have been introduced later by monks from Ireland and France, who made their way into the region following rivers and valleys.
Use of the Welsh language in the town declined significantly in the late 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1891 census, 68.4 per cent of the 110,569 inhabitants habitually spoke Welsh. By the 1911 Census, the figure had fallen to 50.9 per cent of 74,596 inhabitants. The 2011 censusshowed 8.9 per cent primarily speaking Welsh. Merthyr Tydfil hosted th...
Founded on heavy industry, Merthyr became the ‘Iron Capital of the World’ and Wales largest town the early 19th century. However despite Merthyr's long and varied industrial heritage, with the decline of heavy industry and the closure of long-established nearby collieries and ironworks, Merthyr could not offer the employment it had previously.This ...
In 2006, a large open-cast coal mine to extract 10 million tonnes of coal over 15 years was authorised just east of Merthyr as part of the Ffos-y-fran open-cast mine.
The parish of Merthyr Tydfil was made a local board district in 1850, which became an urban district in 1894. The urban district was made a municipal borough in 1905, with eight electoral wards. Merthyr Tydfil was granted county borough status in 1908, making it independent from Glamorgan County Council. From 1974 to 1996 the borough reverted to be...
Anglican churches
Merthyr was regarded as a nonconformiststronghold in the 19th century, but the chapels declined rapidly from the 1920s onwards and most are now closed. The Church of England (now the Church in Wales) sought to counterbalance the influence of nonconformity in the 19th century and Merthyr had a succession of notable parish priests. Among them was John Griffith, rector of Merthyr from 1858 until his death in 1885. Griffith had previously been the incumbent at Aberdare, where he had created contr...
Nonconformity
Merthyr was notable in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a large number of nonconformist places of worship, most holding services in Welsh. One of the earliest was Ynysgau Chapel, which dated from 1749. It was demolished in 1967 as part of the Merthyr Town Improvement Scheme. The original cause at Ynysgau was established by various "dissenters" from the Church of England. It had been acquired by the Independents (Congregationalists) by the early 19th century. Other early chapels were Zion...
The Merthyr Hebrew Congregation
Merthyr Tydfil had the largest Jewish community in Wales in the 19th century, reaching 400 at its height. As the Jewish population had increased, Merthyr Hebrew Congregation was founded in 1848 and a cemetery consecrated a few years later at Cefn-Coed. Merthyr Synagogue was built in 1875. Religious services ceased when it had a male Jewish congregation of under ten, the minyan(quorum) required for them. In 1978 the building was given Grade II* listing, changed to Grade II in 1983. In the 1980...
The town's many cultural events include local poets and writers holding poetry evenings and music festivals organised at Cyfarthfa Castle and Park. Menter Iaith Merthyr Tudful (the Merthyr Tydfil Welsh Language Initiative) has successfully transformed the Zoar Chapel and adjacent vestry building in Pontmorlais into a community arts venue, Canolfan ...
The town lies the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and is also well-placed for visitors to the South Wales Valleys. The remains of Morlais Castle are on the northern edge of Merthyr Tydfil, the Norman castle was reportedly never completed.[better source needed] The Brecon Mountain Railway is a narrow-gauge tourist railway that runs...
The "Pen-y-Darren" locomotive
In 1802, Homfray, the Master of the Penydarren Ironworks, commissioned engineer Richard Trevithick to build one of his high-pressure steam engines to drive a hammerat the Penydarren Ironworks. With the assistance of works engineer Rees Jones, Trevithick mounted the engine on wheels and turned it into a locomotive. In 1803, Trevithick sold the patents for his locomotives to Homfray. Homfray was so impressed with Trevithick's locomotive that he made another bet with Crawshay, this time for 500...
Roads
Road improvements mean the town is increasingly a commuter location and has shown some of the highest house-price growth in the UK.
Public transport
Regular trains run from Merthyr Tydfil railway station to Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central. Merthyr Tydfil bus station is located in Swan Street, to the south of the town centre. The station opened in June 2021, replacing a previous one in Castle Street. The new bus station is closer to the railway station, to facilitate interchange as part of a proposed South Wales Metro network. A new railway station will be built by 2024 as part of the South Wales Metro upgrades to the area. The pr...
Merthyr relies on a combination of public sector, manufacturing and service sector companies to provide employment. The Welsh Government has recently opened a major office in the town near a large telecommunications call centre (T-Mobile & EE - now part of BT Group). Hoover (now part of Candy Group) has its registered officein the town and remained...
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Merthyr Tydfil es una autoridad unitaria con el estatus de municipio condal, situada en la zona meridional de Gales.
