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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Forchaman like this:
FORCHAMAN, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan; at the confluence of the Amman and the Cynon, 5½ miles SSW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £54, 871; of which £16, 718 are in mines, £15, 000 in ironworks, £90 in railways, and £480 in gas-works. See Aberdare.
Forchaman 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 Forchaman itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Forchaman, in Rhondda; Cynon; Taff and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25656
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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