Name | Cymmer |
Alt names | Britannia | source: village in parish | | Glynfach | source: village in parish | | Llwyncelyn | source: village in parish | | Trebanog | source: village in parish | | Trehafod | source: village in parish |
Type | Civil parish |
Coordinates | 51.615°N 3.397°W |
Located in | Glamorgan, Wales ( - 1974) |
Also located in | Mid Glamorgan, Wales (1974 - 1996) | | Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales (1996 - ) |
See also | Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales | ancient parish of which it was a part |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Cymmer is a village and community (or civil parish) in the Rhondda Valley in Wales. The area was historically been considered a district of the village of Porth, though prior to the establishment of Porth as the main urban settlement in the area, the position of both communities were largely reversed, Cymmer being so named because of being located at the 'confluence' of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach river valleys. Cymmer had a population of 4,807 in the UK census of 2011.
As a community Cymmer comprises the villages of Llwyncelyn, Trehafod, Trebanog, Britannia, Glynfach and Cymmer itself.
Research Tips
- GENUKI on Glamorgan Lots of leads to other sources and descriptions of former parishes.
- The FamilySearch Wiki on Glamorgan has recently been updated (early 2016) and looks remarkably like Wikipedia. Their map "Glamorgan Parish Map.jpg" enlarges to show all the original parishes. The sub-section "Parishes of Historic Glamorgan" lists all the parishes of Glamorgan and the newer preserved counties and principal areas in both English and Welsh. (Currently this website is still under construction.)
- Rhondda Cynon Taf Library Service provides an historical description of a number of towns and villages in its principal area
Maps
The first three maps are provided by A Vision of Britain through Time
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These maps were found on Wikimedia Commons
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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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