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CYMMER, a village in Llantrissaint parish, Glamorgan; at the confluence of the Rhondda-Vach and Rhondda-Vawr rivers, 15 miles NW of Cardiff. It has a post office under Pontypridd. A fire-damp explosion in a coal-pit here, in 1856, killed 114 colliers.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Glamorgan Ancient County |
| Place: | Cymmer |
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