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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Garthgynyd like this:
GARTHGYNYD, a hamlet in Gelligaer parish, Glamorgan; near the river Romney, 5½ miles NNW of Caerphilly. Real property, £617. Pop., 125. Houses, 23.
Garthgynyd is now part of MERTHYR TYDFIL District. Click here for graphs and data of how MERTHYR TYDFIL has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Garthgynyd itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Garthgynyd, in Merthyr Tydfil and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23458
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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