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    Merthyr Vale (Welsh: Ynysowen or Ynyswen) is a linear village and community in the Welsh county borough of Merthyr Tydfil. Lying on the A4054 road it is...
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    the commissioning of a passing loop near Merthyr Vale. The first station in Merthyr was opened by the Taff Vale Railway on 21 April 1841 in Plymouth Street...
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    Aberfan (category Villages in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough)
    bargemen until 23 August 1869, when John Nixon and his partners started the Merthyr Vale Colliery.: 7  Between 1952 and 1965, with mountains denuded there was...
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    route into Merthyr Tydfil. Plymouth Street goods station was closed in 1968. The line from Black Lion signal box (Merthyr Vale) to Merthyr Tydfil was...
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    Merthyr Tydfil (Welsh: Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council...
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    Merthyr Vale railway station is a railway station serving the villages of Merthyr Vale and Aberfan in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. It is located on the Merthyr...
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    Trefor Jenkins (born 24 July 1932 in Merthyr Vale) is a human geneticist from South Africa, noted for his work on DNA. He is the former dean of the medical...
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  • output of the ironworks at Merthyr and Dowlais remained a serious issue,[citation needed] and eventually, in 1840, the Taff Vale Railway was built as the...
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  • Aberfan disaster (category Merthyr Tydfil County Borough)
    the eastern slope of Mynydd Merthyr hill, approximately four miles (6 km) south of Merthyr Tydfil. When the Merthyr Vale Colliery was sunk on 23 August...
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    branches to Merthyr and Aberdare up diverging valleys. The Merthyr branch serves Quakers Yard, Merthyr Vale, Troed-y-rhiw, Pentre-bach and Merthyr Tydfil....
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