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Cymmer (Llantrissant), Glamorgan

Historical Description

Cymmer, a village in Llantrissant parish, Glamorgan, at the confluence of the Rhondda-Fach and Rhondda-Fawr rivers, 4 miles NW of Pontypridd. It has a post and money order office under Porth (R.S.O-); telegraph office, Porth. A fire-damp explosion in a coal pit here in 1856 killed 114 colliers. There is a Congregational chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

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CountyRhondda Cynon Taf
RegionSouth Wales

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