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Taff's Well grew into an important railway junction during the mid- to late 19th century, when Cardiff was a major global exporter of coal. Taff's Well is a growing community which includes numerous districts: Glan-y-Llyn, Rhiw Ddar and Glan-y-Fordd; Ty-Rhillage centre that consists of Alfred's terrace, Anchor Street, Church Street, Garth Street, Yew Street and Ty Rhiw through which the Taff ...
Tŷ Gwyn is a large detached house in the Cardiff suburb of Lisvane.It is set in 5 acres (2.0 ha) of grounds and is 10,000 square feet (930 m 2) in size. [4]Tŷ Gwyn House was built by James Ephraim Turner as his personal residence in 1906 in the Jacobethan style.
The CF postcode area, also known as the Cardiff postcode area, [2] is a group of 35 postcode districts for post towns: Cardiff, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly, Aberdare, Bargoed, Barry, Cowbridge, Dinas Powys, Ferndale, Hengoed, Llantwit Major, Maesteg, Mountain Ash, Penarth, Pentre, Pontyclun, Pontypridd, Porth, Porthcawl, Rhoose, Sully ...
Nantgarw is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Cardiff.. From an electoral and administrative perspective Nantgarw falls within the ward of Taffs Well, a village some 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) south, but historically fell within the boundaries of Caerphilly, which is a major town located less than 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4 km) to the east.
The Taffs Well sub-unit is bound to the south west by the Tongwynlais or Taff's Well Fault, which runs north-south, crossing the River Taff, and passing very close to the Taff's Well Thermal Spring. The Taffs Well Fault is a continuation of the Daren-ddu fault which is a major NW-SE trending fault in the Coal Measure rocks of the South Wales ...
It flows through Pontypridd and through to Taff's Well, the site of Wales' only thermal spring. It flows underneath the M4 Motorway, before turning southeastward and flowing past the Cardiff suburbs of Radyr, Whitchurch, Llandaff, Pontcanna, the city centre and Grangetown, before emptying into Cardiff Bay, near to the mouth of the River Ely.
The line was originally single, except for the Quaker's Yard and Llancaiach inclines, which were double. Cardiff to Taffs Well was doubled in 1846 and through to Navigation House in 1847. The doubling was completed to Merthyr in 1862. [3]
Castell Coch (Welsh for 'red castle'; Welsh pronunciation: [ˈkas.tɛɬ koːχ]) is a 19th-century Gothic Revival castle built above the village of Tongwynlais in Wales. The first castle on the site was built by the Normans after 1081 to protect the newly conquered town of Cardiff and control the route along the River Taff.