Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil is a large metropolis in Wales, with a population of about 63,546, situated approximately 37 km north of Cardiff. At one time the most important metropolis in Wales, Merthyr Tydfil is today its fourth biggest city vicinity by means of populace. Situated within the historic county of Glamorgan, it is the primary metropolis in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough and is run via Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Both the town and the county borough are regularly known as surely 'Merthyr'.

According to legend, the metropolis is called after Tydfil, a daughter of King Brychan of Brycheiniog. According to her legend, she turned into slain at Merthyr with the aid of pagans round 480; the vicinity became eventually named Merthyr Tydfil in her honour. Although merthyr normally approach "martyr" in modern-day Welsh, the that means here is toward the Latin martyrium: the mausoleum or church constructed over the relics of a martyr. Similar examples, all from south Wales, consist of Merthyr Cynog, Merthyr Dyfan and Merthyr Mawr.

Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that changed into the home of the Crawshay circle of relatives, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The residence commanded a view of the valley and the works, which ‘at night time, offer a definitely marvelous scene, reminiscent of the fabled Pandemonium, but on which the attention may additionally gaze with pride citation needed Cyfarthfa loosely translates from the Welsh for location of barking. The motive is hunting dogs had been frequently heard on this vicinity of the town, hunting polecats and weasels among others.