Merthyr Hundred (Hundred)

Statistics

Population

Population

Densities and rates of growth. Age structure: concentrations of young people, and of the old.
Industry

Industry

How people made their living: identifying farming communities, pit villages, mill towns and so on.
Social Structure

Social Structure

Social class and socio-economic groups. Concentrations of professionals, and of unskilled labourers.
Housing

Housing

Numbers of houses. Overcrowding: persons per room. Amenities: central heating, baths and WCs.
Place marker map of Great Britain and Ireland

The following alternate names exist for this unit:

Name Status Language Start End Authority
MERTHYR Preferred English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 156.
MERTHIR Alternate English     1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MERTHYR CYNOG Alternate English     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 204.

This unit contained the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
ABERYSGYR AP/CP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 4.
BATTLE AP/CP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 9.
GARTHBRENGI AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLAN DDEW AP/CP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDEILOR FAN CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
LLANDYFAELOG FACH AP/CP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 109.
LLANFIHANGEL FECHAN CP/Ch Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 120.
LLANFIHANGEL NANT BRAN AP/CP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 121.
LOWER DYFFRIN HONDDU Hmlt Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
MERTHYR CYNOG AP/CP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 156.
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CP/AP Parish-level Unit     1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
TRALLONG CP/AP Parish-level Unit     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 204.
UPPER DYFFRIN HONDDU Hmlt Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
Y FENNI FACH CP/AP/Hmlt Parish-level Unit     1851 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.

This unit was part of the following units:

Name Type Start End Authority
BRECKNOCKSHIRE Ancient County     M. Richards, Welsh Administrative and Territorial Units (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1969), p. 156.
Maps Census reports

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Merthyr Hundred (Hundred) through time, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10155940

Date accessed: 08th April 2026