WebThe population of Aberdare was 1486 living in 218 houses, the average per house of 6.81. The increase was due in large measure to the opening of the Iron Works at Llwydcoed … http://webapps.rctcbc.gov.uk/heritagetrail/english/cynon/mountain_ash.html
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Before the establishment of a village in the early 19th century the landscape was identified by a variety of Welsh toponyms. The name Aberpennar ("Mouth of the river Pennar") is recorded as early as 1570 as Aber Pennarthe, in 1600 as Aberpennarth and by 1638 as Tir Aber Penarth. By the turn of the 18th century another toponym, Dyffryn (Valley or lowland between hills) seems to have gained prominence. While the Bruce family mansion was originally named Aberpennar, th… WebDuffryn House was the home of Lord Aberdare. It was a substantial mock-Elizabethan, 2-storey and attics building with ornate tall chimneys, gable timber finials, fretted eaves … ionix stoke on trent
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WebPaper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (78) NRA 10250 Aberdare & Aberaman Consumers' Gas Co link to online catalogue. NRA 7632 Aubrey family, baronets, of Llantrithyd: family and estate papers link to scanned list link to scanned list. WebThe estate of Dyffryn House and the surrounding gardens were leased to Glamorgan County Council in June 1939 for a period of 999 years for use as a botanic garden and conference centre. The historic gardens of some 55 acres and plant houses, with their collection of rare and unusual plants, are still open to the public and well worth a visit. WebFrom 1926 until 1983 the school was based in Dyffryn House, the former home of Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare (1815–1895). The house was found to be unsafe and was … on the amazing world of gumball