Place:Bargoed, Glamorgan, Wales

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NameBargoed
Alt namesBargodsource: Wikipedia
TypeChapelry, Civil parish
Coordinates51.69°N 3.24°W
Located inGlamorgan, Wales     ( - 1974)
Also located inMid Glamorgan, Wales     (1974 - 1996)
Caerphilly (principal area), Wales     (1996 - )
See alsoRhymney Valley District, Mid Glamorgan, Walesdistrict municipality in which it was located 1974-1996
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the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Bargoed (Welsh: Bargod) is a town in the Rhymney Valley, Wales, one of the South Wales Valleys. It lies on the Rhymney River and is now in the County Borough of Caerphilly. It straddled the boundary between the counties of Glamorgan, Wales and Monmouthshire, with Bargoed originally lying within the old county of Glamorgan whereas Aberbargoed (immediately across the river) was in the county of Monmouthshire. 'Greater Bargoed', as defined by the present local authority, Caerphilly County Borough Council, consists of the towns of Bargoed, Aberbargoed and the village of Gilfach. The combined population of these settlements is approximately 13,000.

Just to confuse... A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Bargoed (given as in Monmouthshire) from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"BARGOED, a station on the Rhymney railway, on the mutual border of Monmouth and Wales, 18½ miles N of Cardiff. The Bargoed Rhymney valley here joins that of the Rhymney river; and is crossed by the railway on a handsome viaduct."

In 1996 the County Borough of Caerphilly was created from the Rhymney Valley District of Mid Glamorgan and the Islwyn District of Gwent (the successor to Monmouthshire). This allowed for the whole of the community to be in one county for the first time in its history.

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Originally a market town, Bargoed grew into a substantial town following the opening of a colliery in 1903. By 1921 Bargoed had a population of 17,901; this has been steadily declining since that time, as the general demand for Welsh coal continued to fall. The colliery, which was the subject of a painting by L. S. Lowry, closed during the 1970s, and its former site is now a country park.


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