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    Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Merthyr Tudful) is a county borough (since 1908) in the south-east of Wales. In 2022, it had an...
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    Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council...
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  • Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament...
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  • Merthyr Tydfil County Borough has 43 scheduled monuments. The prehistoric scheduled sites include many burial cairns and several defensive enclosures...
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    The entirety of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough (part of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency) Part of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough (part of Cynon...
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    [ˌkɛvɛnˌkɔi̯dəˈkəmɛr]) is a small community on the northwestern edge of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough in Wales. It is situated in the neck of land between the rivers...
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    Brecon Mountain Railway (category Heritage railways in Merthyr Tydfil)
    located two miles (3 km) north of the town centre of Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, South-East Wales. The line runs along part of the trackbed...
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    who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare, previously Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney since 2015. He was Shadow Minister for...
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    northeast, Powys to the north, Merthyr Tydfil to the northwest and Rhondda Cynon Taf to the west. The northern part of the borough is formed by the broad expanse...
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    Howard Winstone (category Sportspeople from Merthyr Tydfil)
    1939 – 30 September 2000) was a Welsh world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. As an amateur, Winstone won the Amateur Boxing Association bantamweight...
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    Morlais Castle (category Tourist attractions in Merthyr Tydfil)
    town of Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Building of the castle was first begun by Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of Gloucester on land claimed by Humphrey de Bohun...
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  • 25 in Rhondda Cynon Taf, 16 in Caerphilly, 8 in Bridgend and 5 in Merthyr Tydfil. Services on these routes are provided by Class 150 DMUs and Class 231...
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    South Wales Police (category Merthyr Tydfil)
    Glamorgan Constabulary, Cardiff City Police, Swansea Borough Police and Merthyr Tydfil Borough Police. In 1974, with the reorganisation of local government...
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    start on 3 August 2020, beginning with track improvements on lines to Merthyr Tydfil, Aberdare and Treherbert. These lines would operate as a rail replacement...
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    Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Llwyn-on, Pontsticill, Vaynor and Trefechan lies in Merthyr Tydfil. A small area including Princetown and Llechryd lies in Caerphilly....
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    Pengam (Mon) railway station (category Former Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway stations)
    on the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway. The station was opened as Pengam on 14 June 1865 by the Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway....
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    South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (category Merthyr Tydfil)
    Achub De Cymru) is the fire and rescue service covering the ten Welsh principal areas of Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire...
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  • Leroy Rosenior (category Merthyr Tydfil F.C. managers)
    football team. Rosenior has managed clubs including Gloucester City, Merthyr Tydfil, Torquay United, Brentford and was assistant to Gary Peters at Shrewsbury...
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    locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren Ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Turning his interests abroad Trevithick also worked as a mining...
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  • Monmouthshire in 1891 Merthyr Tydfil, separated from Glamorgan in 1908 In 1974, the existing administrative counties and county boroughs were abolished and...
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  • Mynydd y Grug (category Mountains and hills of Caerphilly County Borough)
    ‘Geology of Britain’ viewer Ordnance Survey Explorer map 166 Rhondda & Merthyr Tydfil/Merthyr Tudful images of Mynydd y Grug and area on Geograph website...
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    who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Merthyr Tydfil from 1950 to 1972, and previously Merthyr from 1934 to 1950. In 1970, when well past 80,...
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    that of Morgannwg; in 2020, of its four deaneries, Pontypridd and Merthyr Tydfil & Caerphilly moved to Llandaff, and Cynon Valley and Rhondda moved to...
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    covers the ten principal areas of Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Newport, Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Monmouthshire...
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    Pont-y-Cafnau (category Grade II* listed buildings in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough)
    a 14.2-metre (47 ft) long iron truss bridge over the River Taff in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The bridge was designed by Watkin George and built in 1793 for...
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    Route 46 (Bromsgrove – Droitwich – Worcester – Hereford – Abergavenny – Merthyr Tydfil – Neath) National Cycle Route 47 (Newport – Neath – Swansea – Llanelli...
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    District of Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil became a borough constituency. Reflecting the increased importance and wealth of Merthyr the borough was given a second...
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  • population of Merthyr Tydfil London Gazette, 1 May 1935 Report of the Royal Commission on the status of the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil (Cmd.5039) Thorpe...
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  • Jane Freeman (actress) (category Actors from the London Borough of Hounslow)
    Pithers and his wife, Joan Pithers, née Dewhurst. She was raised in Merthyr Tydfil following the death of her father in an accident when she was 9 years...
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    Caerphilly. It also takes in the working-class former iron town of Merthyr Tydfil, one of the most deprived towns in the UK, but also rural Monmouthshire...
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