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Clydach Vale (Welsh: Cwmclydach) includes Blaenclydach) is a village adjoining Tonypandy in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the Rhondda Valley, Wales and the former ancient parish of Rhondda. It is named for its situation on the Nant Clydach, a tributary of the River Rhondda. The population of Clydach Vale in the UK census of 2011 was 2,799. Before the coming of industrialisation, Clydach Vale was a sparsely populated agricultural area. Records show that in the seventeenth century the area was named Dyffryn Clydach (Clydach Vale), and was divided into two areas, Cwmclydach and Blaenclydach. Those two localities are today very much integrated. (NOTE: There is another Dyffrynclydach near Neath). In the 1840s coal mining began in the valley, but this was on a small scale and no pits were sunk at this time. Towards the end of the century there was a marked increase in mining activity, several collieries being opened, including Lefel-Y-Bush (1863), Blaenclydach (1863), Cwmclydach (1864) and Clydach Vale Colleries Nos. 1, 2 and 3. For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Clydach Vale. [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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