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Merthyr Vale in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil
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"Merthyr-Vale, sta. on Taff Vale Ry., Glamorgan, 4 miles SE. of Merthyr-Tydfil; P.O." [From John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887 on Vision of Britain]
"At Merthyr Vale is one of the largest collieries in South Wales, belonging to Nixon's Navigation Company Ltd.; the output is upwards of 16,000 tons per week. "[From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]
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For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives
The church is dedicated to St. Mary & The Holy Innocents, is in the Benefice of Troedyrhiw with Merthyr Vale, and diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website.
| Anglican Parish Registers | ||||
| Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | Banns | Bishops Transcripts |
| No Registers have been deposited yet | ||||
| Non Conformist Registers Deposited | |||||
| Chapel | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | OS Map Ref | Deposited |
| Zion, Baptist | 1965-1969 | - | - | SO 07379984 | GRO |
| Bethel, Wesleyan | 1837-1906 | - | - | SO 07709950 | NLW |
| Bethel, Wesleyan | 1906-1933 | - | - | SO 07709950 | WGRO |
GRO - Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff
NLW - National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
WGRO - West Glamorgan Record Office, Swansea
Merthyr Vale on Alan George's site
Merthyr Vale on the Walk Wales site
Merthyr Vale Plaque (Trevithick Trail.) - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Merthyr Vale in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil to another place.
A child sits next to bags of coal from Merthyr Vale Colliery in Aberfan in the weeks following the disaster - on the People's Collection Wales site
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO075000 (Lat/Lon: 51.691105, -3.339601), Merthyr Vale in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Merthyr Vale War Memorial - on the People's Collection Wales site
Merthyr Vale Colliery on the Welsh Coal Mines site
Various items - on the People's Collection Wales site
- Merthyr Vale Colliery downcast shaft, c.1980
- Photograph of Merthyr Vale Colliery
- Merthyr Vale colliery with Aberfan cemetery in the foreground, 1985