Merthyr Vale, Glamorgan

Historical Description

Merthyr Vale, a hamlet in Merthyr Tydfil parish, Glamorgan, about 4 miles S of Merthyr Tydfil. It has a station on the Taff Vale railway, and another on the Rhymney railway, called Aberfan, with a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) There is a chapel of ease to Merthyr Tydfil parish church; also Baptist, Calvinistic Methodist, and Primitive Methodist chapels.

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers online:

• South Wales Daily News
• The Cardiff Times
• Western Mail
• South Wales Echo