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As well as taking over the functions of the abolished district councils, the new authority also took over the functions of the abolished Mid Glamorgan County Council in the area. The new county borough was described in the 1994 Act with different spellings in English and Welsh: Rhondda Cynon Taff (English) / Rhondda Cynon Taf (Welsh). [4]
Rhondda Cynon Taf. Until May 2022 the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough was divided into 52 electoral wards [15] returning 75 councillors. Some of these electoral wards were coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. The following table lists council electoral wards, communities and associated geographical areas:
Following significant population growth, largely associated with coal mining and the local ironworks, a local board of health was established in Pontypridd in 1873. [2] After the local board was succeeded by Pontypridd Urban District Council in 1894, the new council decided to commission municipal offices.
The county borough was formed on 1 April 1996, by the merger of the former Mid Glamorgan districts of Rhondda, Cynon Valley and Taff-Ely (with the exceptions of Creigiau and Pentyrch, which were added to Cardiff). Its name reflects all these, and thus also the rivers Rhondda, Cynon and Taff. Pontypridd, a University and Market Town, is the ...
There are three Grade I listed buildings in Rhondda Cynon Taf. These are a mid-18th century bridge in Pontypridd and two structures related to the coal-mining heritage of the region; the engine house (1875) and the headframe (1902) of the Hetty Pit near Hopkinstown. [8] In 1746, William Edwards was employed to build a bridge over the River Taff ...
Ynysybwl is an electoral ward covering the valley of the Nant Clydach in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.It elects two councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.. Its boundaries are coterminous with the community of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, which as the name suggests includes the villages of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, but stretching northwest to include the whole area of the Nant Clydach ...
Rhondda Cynon Taf is a county borough in South Wales.It is located to the north-west of Cardiff and covers an area of 424 km 2 (164 sq mi). [1] In 2021 the population was approximately 237,500.
Tonypandy (/ t ɒ n ə ˈ p æ n d i /, Welsh pronunciation: [tɔnəˈpandi]) is a town, community and electoral ward located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. A former industrial coal mining town, the town was the scene of the 1910 Tonypandy ...