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Llantwit Fardre (Welsh: Llanilltud Faerdref) is a large village in an old parish and present-day "community" (or civil parish) situated on the A473, Pontypridd to Bridgend road near the Welsh towns of Pontypridd and Llantrisant. The parish also includes the villages of Tonteg and Church Village. Since 1996 it has been in the principal area of Rhondda Cynon Taf. The population of the electoral ward of Llantwit Fardre was 6,069 in the UK census of 2011. Industrialisation began in Llantwit Fardre in the late 17th century with the introduction of stone quarrying and coal mining. With the decline of coal mining the local populace tend to commute to work. Llantwit Fardre Parish Council was formed under the 1894 Local Government Act and the first meeting was held on 1 January 1895. It continued in this form until 1974 when, on local government re-organisation, Welsh parish councils were re-titled community councils in deference to the disestablishment of the Church in Wales some 60 years earlier. [edit] Research Tips
[edit] MapsThe first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
These maps of Glamorgan post-1974 were found on another site and are very useful for sorting out the up-to-date geography of the area
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