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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Taffs Well like this:
TAFF-WELL. a hamlet in Glamorgan; on the river Taff and the Taff-Vale railway, 8 miles NNW of Cardiff. It takes its name from a tepid medicinal spring; and it has a post-office under Cardiff.
Taffs Well is now part of RHONDDA; CYNON; TAFF District. Click here for graphs and data of how RHONDDA; CYNON; TAFF has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Taffs Well itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Taffs Well, in Rhondda; Cynon; Taff and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20465
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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