Glamorgan

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Glamorgan Historic County Map (source: Wikipedia)

Neath Canal submitted by Bryan in Cilfrew

Glamorgan is a coastal county in South Wales.

Towns: Cardiff, Swansea

Industry: Agriculture, fishing, coal mining

Glamorgan is, commercially, the most important county in Wales, chiefly owing to its great mineral resources.

The heritage coast and surrounding countryside has much to offer including the remains of Candleston Castle which lies on the edge of Sahara-like sand dunes where parts of the movie ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ were filmed.

Five miles from Cardiff lies the tiny island of Flat Holm, a nature reserve which acted as a sanctuary for Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, silver miners and smugglers. It was fortified in Victorian times and is most famous for receiving the first trans-Atlantic radio message sent by Marconi in 1897.

Resources

Primary Reference Links

• Glamorgan Records Office

• Parish Register Look up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Glamorgan Snippets

• Bob Sanders' Glamorgan Index

Specific Town and Village Interest

• History of Shipping in Cardiff

• The villages of Cwmgors and Gwauncaegurwen, Llangiwg Parish and the Amman Valley

• A guide to sources in the Cynon valley

• Kenfig History

• Neath

• Swansea Heritage.net

• Whitchurch and Llandaff North

• Sudbrook

Maps and Photographs

• Early Swansea Photographers

• Glamorgan Photographers 1850-1930

Register Offices

Caerphilly Ystrad Fawr
Caerphilly Road,
Ystrad Mynach,
Hengoed,
CF82 7SF.
Tel:01443 863478
Fax: 01443 863385.

Cardiff
48 Park Place
Cardiff,
CF10 3LU.
Tel:02920 871680 or 871681.
Fax: 02920 871682.

Merthyr Tydfil
Ground Floor,
Castle House,
Glebeland Street,
Merthyr Tydfil,
CF47 8AT
Tel:01685 723318

Neath & Port Talbot
119 London Road,
Neath,
SA11 1HL
Tel:01639 760021

Pontypridd
The District Register Office
Courthouse Street
Pontypridd
Rhondda Cynon Taf
CF37 1LJ
Tel: 01443 486869
Email: Registrar@rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk

Requests for Research and Photographs in this area

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A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the Research Offers forum or on the following pages in the Wiki:

• Research Offers: Cemetery
• Research Offers: Photograph
• Research Offers: Probate
• Research Offers: Record Office/Archive

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