WPW054901 WALES (1937). View of Aberdare showing distant view of Ynys Stadium, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.
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| Title | [WPW054901] View of Aberdare showing distant view of Ynys Stadium, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative. |
| Reference | WPW054901 |
| Date | 1937 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6370113 |
| Place name | |
| Parish | |
| District | |
| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 300180, 202590 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -3.444973806744, 51.712690668878 |
| National Grid Reference | SO002026 |
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| S A Tinney,TVR coal wharf , Reduced in size in later years and repurposed as a Petrol station. Later demolished Lives on in the name of the adjacent "Tinneys" roundabout. :-) |
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| The infant school which got snow bound in the bitter winter of 1946/47 |
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| "Caecoed", originally the home of Lewis Noah Williams. Proprietor of the Lampworks. |
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| Football ground ? |
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| Ynyslwyd School |
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| The original Parish Church of Aberdare (late Twelfth Century). It is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. |
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| St Mair's Church (1864). An Anglican Church serving the Welsh speaking population of Aberdare. |
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| Halewood's Boot & Shoe Factory, (previously a woollen mill) |
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| Carmel English Baptist Church |
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| St David's (English) Presbyterian Church |
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| St Margaret's RC School |
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| Slaughter House |
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| The Boot Hotel, opened in 1844 as a replacement for an earlier establishment of the same name. |
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| Works of E. Thomas and Williams, makers of mining safety lamps since 1860. Still in operation but moved from this site on Graig Street after a fire (ironically) in 1978. |
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| greyhound track |
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| Commercial Street level crossing |
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| Aberdare (High Level) station |
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User Comment Contributions
 Canon Street, Aberdare, 25/04/2015 |
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Sunday 26th of April 2015 11:09:51 AM |
 Siloa Congregational Chapel, Aberdare, 25/04/2015 |
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Sunday 26th of April 2015 11:08:19 AM |
 St. John the Baptist Church, Aberdare, 25/04/2015 |
Class31 |
Sunday 26th of April 2015 11:06:58 AM |
The tag marked Greyhound Track was the The Athletic Ground (also known as the Ynys Stadium). Aberdare Athletic played their Football League games there. It was also used for Rugby League Internationals. Now overlain by the Michael Sobell Sports Centre CF44 7RP |
Dom McKenzie |
Monday 14th of January 2013 09:35:39 PM |
Aview looking South East over Aberdare town centre. We see the River Cynon and both the Taff Vale and Great Western Railways. The road network is unique and some of the street names have been added to aid identification. |
Class31 |
Thursday 5th of July 2012 08:47:08 PM |
Aberdare in South Wales. The Stadium in the fork of the railway lines is Ynys Stadium, home of Aberdare Athletic who were Football League Div 3 South members from 1921 to 1927. |
Billystanier |
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