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| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - 0-17 - 18-60 - 61+ | 4787 25.8% 40.6% 33.6% |
| Welsh language: - Any skills | 23.4% |
Ynysybwl is a village in south Wales, United Kingdom.
It is situated within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, roughly 20 miles North-North-East of Cardiff, 4 miles North of Pontypridd and 10 miles South of Merthyr Tydfil.
Before 1996 it was part of the Cynon Valley district of Mid Glamorgan, and is historically part of Glamorgan.
Ynysybwl itself is situated in the Clydach Valley, flanked on either side by the Rhondda Valley and Cynon Valley. The market town of Pontypridd lies to the south at the meeting point of these three valleys and to the north is the expansive Llanwynno forestry.
The name Ynysybwl (Ynys-y-Bwl to be exact) means in English either "Field of Rock" or "Field Hill" either of which would aptly describe the hills to the Eastern side of the village (on which the colliery was sited) as it is flanked on each side by rivers and streams. The name itself is pronounced ( SAMPAThe Speech Assessment Methods Phonetic Alphabet (SAMPA is a computer-readable phonetic script using 7-bit printable ASCII characters, based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It was originally developed in the late 1980s for six European langua) as VnIsVbUl (roughly Un-iss-u-bull in EnglishThe English language is a West Germanic language, originating from England. It is the third most common "first" language (native speakers), with around 402 million people in 2002. English has lingua franca status in many parts of the world, due to the mil).
Prior to the 1880sEvents and Trends About 300 000 Swedes emigrate to the United States. First Boer War First commercial production and sales of phonographs and phonograph recordings. First steel frame construction "sky-scrapers" The New Imperialism Science and technology J, Ynysybwl was simply a collection of small local farms and meadows in a quiet and completely rural valley. The rich seam of coalCoal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by mining. It is a readily combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock. It is composed primarily of carbon and hydrocarbons, along with assorted other elements, including sulfur. Often associated wi that lies beneath the surface had thus far only been tapped to the amount required to supply these local farms.
That was until 18841884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). Events January 4 The Fabian Society is founded in London. February 1 Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. March 13 The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on Janu when the Lady Windsor colliery first began development, opening its doors in 1886. As with most mining areas in south Wales, a local community immediately sprang up around the colliery. Many of the houses were built in typical terraced fashion by the mine owners in order to house its workers and their families. Most were built on the opposing (Western) side of the valley.
During its peak period the colliery employed around 1500 people directly although most of the 6000-7000 village community relied upon the pit in one way or another. The pit thrived thoughout the first half of the 20th century, becoming one of a number of very successful operations in south Wales at that time.
However as time went on, coal mining fell out of favour with many people, including politicians, and the Lady Windsor colliery did not escape the troubles that plagued the industry during the miners strikes of the early 1980s. The pit was finally closed in 1988 leaving a much damaged community.
Despite this the village has survived, people finding work in the newly developing industries in nearby Pontypridd, Treforest, Aberdare, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff.
This, coupled with the replacement of the pit as the village focus by local churches, chapels, clubs and associations, has lead to a renewed interest in regeneration of the village. This has reached a peak so far in the formation of the Ynysybwl Regeneration Partnership , an umbrella group formed to help achieve funding and organisation for activities within the village.
Today, Ynysybwl is the base for an extraordinary number of clubs and associations for such a small village, boasting rugby, football, netball, bowls, cricket, a pony club, male voice choir , a brass band (Lady Windsor Colliery Band) and sections of the Brownies and Air Training Corps.
The nearby Llanwynno forestry also boasts the successful Cym Clydach Outdoor Activity Group, an outdoor pursuits centre run by people from the village, and a newly developing cycle path that will form part of the local Taff Trail.
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