Pontyclun, the Glossary
Pontyclun (or Pont-y-clun) is a village and community located in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.[1]
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48 relations: Afon Clun, Brains Brewery, Brewery, Brynsadler, Cardiff, Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency), Coal mining, Community (Wales), Cornish people, Cornwall, Estyn, Football Association of Wales, GCSE, Great Britain national rugby league team, Groes-faen, Iron ore, Llanelly, Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan County Council, Miskin, Oldham R.L.F.C., Paul the Apostle, Pontyclun F.C., Pontyclun railway station, Pontyclun RFC, Pontypridd (Senedd constituency), Primary school, Pub, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, River Ely, Rugby league, Secondary school, South Wales Main Line, South Wales Railway, St John the Baptist School, Aberdare, Sunday Closing (Wales) Act 1881, Talbot Green, Tommy Rees (rugby), Tributary, Victorian era, Wales national rugby union team, Ward (electoral subdivision), Welsh language, Welsh Rugby Union, World War II, Y Pant School.
- Communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf
Afon Clun
The Afon Clun (River Clun) is a long tributary of the River Ely (Afon Elái), in the counties of Cardiff and Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
Brains Brewery
Brains (S. A. Brain & Company Ltd.) is a regional brewery based in Cardiff, Wales.
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Brewery
A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.
Brynsadler
Brynsadler is a small village situated in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, it is part of the community of Pontyclun. Pontyclun and Brynsadler are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
Cardiff West (UK Parliament constituency)
Cardiff West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Alex Barros-Curtis of the Labour Party.
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Coal mining
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine.
A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.
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Cornish people
The Cornish people or Cornish (Kernowyon, Cornƿīelisċ) are an ethnic group native to, or associated with Cornwall: and a recognised national minority in the United Kingdom, which (like the Welsh and Bretons) can trace its roots to the Brittonic Celtic ancient Britons who inhabited Great Britain from somewhere between the 11th and 7th centuries BC and inhabited Britain at the time of the Roman conquest.
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Cornwall
Cornwall (Kernow;; or) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
Estyn
Estyn is the education and training inspectorate for Wales.
The Football Association of Wales (FAW; Cymdeithas Bêl-droed Cymru) is the governing body of association football and futsal in Wales, and controls the Wales national football team, its corresponding women's team, as well as the Wales national futsal team.
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GCSE
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is an academic qualification in a range of subjects taken in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, having been introduced in September 1986 and its first exams taken in 1988.
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents Great Britain in rugby league.
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Groes-faen
Groes-faen is a village approximately three miles south of Llantrisant in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Pontyclun and Groes-faen are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.
Llanelly
Llanelly (Llanelli) is the name of a parish and coterminous community in the principal area of Monmouthshire, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales.
Llantrisant
Llantrisant ("Parish of the Three Saints") is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the River Ely and the Afon Clun. Pontyclun and Llantrisant are Communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan (Morgannwg Ganol) is a preserved county of Wales.
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Mid Glamorgan County Council
Mid Glamorgan County Council was the upper-tier authority for the Welsh county of Mid Glamorgan between its creation in 1974 and its abolition in 1996.
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Miskin
Miskin (Meisgyn) is a village approximately south of Llantrisant in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Pontyclun and Miskin are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Oldham R.L.F.C.
Oldham Rugby League football Club, is a professional rugby league football club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
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Paul the Apostle
Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.
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Pontyclun F.C.
Pontyclun Football Club is an amateur Welsh football club, founded in 1896 which plays its matches at Ivor Park, Pontyclun.
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Pontyclun railway station
Pontyclun railway station is an unstaffed, minor railway station in Pontyclun, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.
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Pontyclun RFC
Pontyclun Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Pontyclun, Wales.
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Pontypridd (Senedd constituency)
Pontypridd is a constituency of the Senedd.
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Primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary education of children who are 4 to 10 years of age (and in many cases, 11 years of age).
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Pub
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT; also spelt as Rhondda Cynon Taff) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales.
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Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Rhondda Cynon Taf) is the governing body for Rhondda Cynon Taf, one of the principal areas of Wales.
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River Ely
The River Ely (Afon Elái) is in South Wales flowing generally southeast, from Tonyrefail to Cardiff.
Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
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Secondary school
A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.
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South Wales Main Line
The South Wales Main Line (Prif Linell De Cymru), originally known as the London, Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway or simply as the Bristol and South Wales Direct Railway, is a branch of the Great Western Main Line in Great Britain.
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South Wales Railway
The South Wales Railway (Rheilffordd De Cymru) was a main line railway which opened in stages from 1850, connecting the Great Western Railway from Gloucester to South Wales.
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St John the Baptist School, Aberdare
St.
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Sunday Closing (Wales) Act 1881
The Sunday Closing (Wales) Act 1881 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Talbot Green
Talbot Green (Tonysguboriau "lea of the barns") is a town (and electoral ward) just north of the M4 motorway, in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales in the United Kingdom.
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Tommy Rees (rugby)
Thomas Edgar Rees (22 August 1904 – 10 November 1968) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Tributary
A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team (Tîm rygbi'r undeb cenedlaethol Cymru) represents the Welsh Rugby Union in men's international rugby union.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.
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Welsh Rugby Union
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Y Pant School
Y Pant School is an 11–18 mixed, English-medium community comprehensive secondary school and sixth form in Talbot Green, Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
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See also
Communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Aberaman North
- Abercynon
- Aberdare East
- Aberdare West
- Beddau
- Cilfynydd
- Cwm Clydach, Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Cwmbach
- Cymmer, Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Gilfach Goch
- Hirwaun
- Llanharan
- Llanharry
- Llantrisant
- Llantwit Fardre
- Llwydcoed
- Llwynypia
- Maerdy
- Mountain Ash East
- Penrhiwceiber
- Pentre
- Penygraig
- Penywaun
- Pontyclun
- Porth
- Rhigos
- Taff's Well
- Tonypandy
- Tonyrefail
- Trealaw
- Trehafod
- Treherbert
- Treorchy
- Tylorstown
- Ynyshir
- Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm
- Ystrad
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontyclun
Also known as Pont-y-clun.