Rhondda, Glamorgan : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Rhondda. You may be able to find further references to Rhondda in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Rhondda river Bartholomew
Rhondda Division parliamentary division Bartholomew
Rhondda Valley curacy Bartholomew
RHONDDU a river Imperial
RHONDDU VALLEY a chapelry Imperial
RHONDDU VALLEY and HIRWAIN JUNCTIONRAILWAY a railway Imperial
Ystradyfodwg parish Bartholomew
YSTRADYFODWG two hamlets and a parish Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Rhondda.

Place Type of entry Source
Clydach village Bartholomew
CLYDACH, or Cluyach a hamlet Imperial
HOME a hamlet Imperial
Llwynpia mining district Bartholomew
Middle hamlet Bartholomew
MIDDLE a hamlet Imperial
RHIGOS a hamlet Imperial
Ystrad station Bartholomew
YSTRAD a r station Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Tonpentre 0 1
Ystrad Rhondda 0 3
Middle 0 2
Treorchy 0 1
Cwmparc 0 1
Maerdy 0 1
Clydach 0 2
Ferndale 0 1
Llwynypia 0 1
Tylorstown 0 1
Treherbert 0 2
Tonypandy 0 1
Trealaw 0 1
Forchaman 0 1
Nant Y Moel 0 1
Cwmaman 0 1
Dinas 0 2
Pen Y Graig 0 1
Gilfach Goch 0 1
Llandyfodwg 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Rhondda. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
RHONDDA John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
RHONDDA DIVISION John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
RHONDDA VALLEY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
RHONDDU John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
RHONDDU VALLEY John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
RHONDDU VALLEY AND HIRWAIN JUNCTIONRAILWAY John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
YSTRAD RHONDDA John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
YSTRADYFODWG John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

  • The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.