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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cwmdare like this:
CWMDARE, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan; on the rivers Dâr and Cynon, 5 miles SW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Pop., 2, 404. The stream of a waterfall here, on Hirwain common, emits inflammable gas.
Cwmdare 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 Cwmdare itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cwmdare, in Rhondda; Cynon; Taff and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26055
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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