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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.
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
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Links
General
- ON-LINE GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ENGINE FOR FREE GENEALOGY (OGRE)
- A Miscellany of Information relating to Glamorgan for the genealogist
- Glamorganshire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Stone Mines
OPC
Local History Society
Archives
Family and Social History
Maps and Photographs
Countywide Interest
Specific Town/Village Interest
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