historic county of Glamorgan

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former administrative county historic county traditional county

The historic county of Glamorgan is a traditional region in south Wales that encompassed major industrial and urban centers, including towns like Merthyr Tydfil, and played a key role in the country’s coal and steel industries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Glamorgan 0

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
traditional county ⓘ
abolishedAsAdministrativeCounty 1974 ⓘ
area about 2110 square kilometres ⓘ
about 815 square miles ⓘ
borders Breconshire ⓘ
surface form: Brecknockshire

Bristol Channel ⓘ
Carmarthenshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monmouthshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Cardiff ⓘ
contains Aberdare ⓘ
Barry ⓘ
Bridgend NERFINISHED ⓘ
Caerphilly ⓘ
surface form: Caerphilly (partly in historic terms)

Cardiff ⓘ
Gower Peninsula ⓘ
Llantrisant NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maesteg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Merthyr Tydfil ⓘ
Mountain Ash ⓘ
Neath ⓘ
Pontycymer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pontypridd NERFINISHED ⓘ
Port Talbot ⓘ
Rhondda Valley ⓘ
surface form: Rhondda

Swansea ⓘ
Vale of Glamorgan ⓘ
containsCoalfield South Wales Valleys ⓘ
surface form: South Wales Coalfield
country Wales ⓘ
establishedAsCounty 13th century ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bristol Channel ⓘ
historicCountyTown Cardiff ⓘ
historicNameInWelsh Morgannwg ⓘ
historicRegion industrial heartland of south Wales ⓘ
knownFor coal mining ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
iron industry ⓘ
steel industry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
locatedIn south Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
originatesFrom Welsh Marches ⓘ
surface form: Norman lordship of Glamorgan
partOf Wales ⓘ
playedKeyRoleIn coal industry of Wales ⓘ
steel industry of Wales ⓘ
succeededBy Mid Glamorgan ⓘ
South Glamorgan ⓘ
West Glamorgan ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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Merthyr Tydfil → partOf → historic county of Glamorgan ⓘ
Neath → region → historic county of Glamorgan ⓘ