In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Middle like this:

MIDDLE, a hamlet in Ystradyfodwg parish, Glamorgan; 8½ miles SW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £6,818; of which £3,950 are in mines, and £35 in quarries. Pop. in 1851,247; in 1861,1,203. Houses, 226. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of coalmining.

Middle through time

Middle 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 Middle itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Middle, in Rhondda; Cynon; Taff and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26100

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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