Ynysybwl, the Glossary
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80 relations: Abercynon, Aberdare, Adam Thomas, Alun Wyn Davies, Association football, Baptists, Bethel Chapel, Ynysybwl, Bike path, Bowls, British & Irish Lions, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Chapel, Church (building), Church in Wales, Coal, Community (Wales), Congregationalism, County borough, Cynon Valley, Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency), Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency), Dale McIntosh, David Davies (industrialist), Diocese of Llandaff, Don Dearson, English language, Gareth Dean, Garin Jenkins, Glamorgan, Glyncoch, Guto Nyth Brân, Independent (religion), Industrial Revolution, Jerusalem Chapel, Ynysybwl, Karate, Ken Leek, Lady Windsor Colliery, Leighton Rees, Llanwonno, Market town, Media Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid Glamorgan, Mountain Ash Urban District, New Zealand, Noddfa Chapel, Ynysybwl, Nonconformist (Protestantism), Outdoor recreation, Pentecostalism, ... Expand index (30 more) »
Abercynon
Abercynon is a village and community (and electoral ward) in the Cynon Valley within the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Ynysybwl and Abercynon are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Aberdare
Aberdare (Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon.
Adam Thomas
Adam Gordon Thomas (born 11 August 1988) is an English actor, known for his roles as Donte Charles in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2006–2009, 2023–present) and Adam Barton in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale (2009–2018).
Alun Wyn Davies
Alun-Wyn Davies is a Welsh rugby union player who was previously a prop for Coventry R.F.C. As of January 2011 he now plays hooker for Llandovery R.F.C. Alun travelled north at 18 to join the Leeds Rhinos before returning to the Neath RFC, then Swansea RFC for over 9 years as well as representing The Ospreys 2004 - 2006 Alun has been a scrum and defence coach for over 14 years, coaching Ospreys academy for 5 years, 4 six nations and a World Cup in 2014 with welsh women’s national team.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Baptists
Baptists form a major branch of evangelicalism distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion.
Bethel Chapel, Ynysybwl
Bethel, Ynysybwl was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Rock Terrace, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales.
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Bike path
A bike path or a cycle path is a bikeway separated from motorized traffic and dedicated to cycling or shared with pedestrians or other non-motorized users.
Bowls
Bowls, also known as lawn bowls or lawn bowling, is a sport.
British & Irish Lions
The British & Irish Lions is a rugby union team selected from players eligible for the national teams of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
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Caerphilly
Caerphilly (Caerffili) is a town and community in Wales.
Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
Chapel
A chapel (from cappella) is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small.
Church (building)
A church, church building, or church house is a building used for Christian worship services and other Christian religious activities.
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Church in Wales
The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is an Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.
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Congregationalism
Congregationalism (also Congregationalist churches or Congregational churches) is a Reformed (Calvinist) tradition of Protestant Christianity in which churches practice congregational government.
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County borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control, similar to the unitary authorities created since the 1990s.
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Cynon Valley
Cynon Valley is a former coal mining valley in Wales.
Cynon Valley (Senedd constituency)
Cynon Valley (Cwm Cynon) is a constituency of the Senedd.
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Cynon Valley (UK Parliament constituency)
Cynon Valley (Cwm Cynon) was a constituency in Wales, of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament from 1983 to 2024.
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Dale McIntosh
Dale Lynsey Manawa "Chief" McIntosh (born 23 November 1969) is a former Wales international rugby union player and former rugby union coach.
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David Davies (industrialist)
David Davies (18 December 1818 – 20 July 1890) was a Welsh industrialist and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1874 and 1886.
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Diocese of Llandaff
The Diocese of Llandaff is an Anglican (Church in Wales) diocese that traces its roots to pre-Reformation times as heir of a Catholic bishopric.
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Don Dearson
Donald John Dearson (13 May 1914 – 24 December 1990) was a Welsh footballer who won three caps for his country and played in the Football League for Birmingham (renamed Birmingham Cty in 1943), Coventry City and Walsall.
English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Gareth Dean
Gareth Dean (born 31 March 1981) is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s.
Garin Jenkins
Garin Jenkins (born 18 August 1966) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player who played as a hooker.
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Glamorgan
Until 1974, Glamorgan, or sometimes Glamorganshire (Morgannwg or Sir Forgannwg), was an administrative county in the south of Wales, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.
Glyncoch
Glyncoch is a village to the north of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Ynysybwl and Glyncoch are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Guto Nyth Brân
Griffith Morgan (1700–1737), better known as Guto Nyth Brân (Guto being a diminutive of Griffith and Nyth Brân (Crow's Nest) the name of his parents' farm near PorthDavies (2008), pg 570.), was an athlete.
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Independent (religion)
In Welsh and English church history, Independents advocated local congregational control of religious and church matters, without any wider geographical hierarchy, either ecclesiastical or political.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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Jerusalem Chapel, Ynysybwl
Jerusalem, Ynysybwl was a Calvinistic Methodist chapel in Thompson Street, Ynysybwl, Glamorgan, Wales.
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Karate
(Okinawan pronunciation), also, is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.
Ken Leek
Kenneth Leek (26 July 1935 – 19 November 2007) was a Welsh footballer, who played as a centre forward or inside forward for several different clubs and for the Wales national team in a professional career which spanned from 1952 until 1968.
Lady Windsor Colliery
Lady Windsor Colliery was a coal mine located in the village of Ynysybwl in South Wales.
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Leighton Rees
Leighton Thomas Rees (17 January 1940 – 8 June 2003) was a Welsh professional darts player.
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Llanwonno
Llanwonno (Llanwynno) is a hamlet high up in the hills between the historic mining valleys of the Rhondda and the Cynon in Rhondda Cynon Taf, deep in the heart of the South Wales Valleys. Ynysybwl and Llanwonno are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Market town
A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city.
Media Wales Ltd. is a publishing company based in Cardiff, Wales.
Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.
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Mid Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan (Morgannwg Ganol) is a preserved county of Wales.
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Mountain Ash Urban District
Mountain Ash Urban District was a local authority in Mountain Ash, in the Cynon Valley, Glamorgan, Wales.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Noddfa Chapel, Ynysybwl
Noddfa is a Baptist chapel in the High Street, Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
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Nonconformist (Protestantism)
Nonconformists were Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the state church in England, and in Wales until 1914, the Church of England.
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Outdoor recreation
Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to recreation done outside, most commonly in natural settings.
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Pentecostalism
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement that emphasizes direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit.
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Pontypridd
Pontypridd (colloquially: Ponty) is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales, approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre.
Pontypridd RFC
Pontypridd Rugby Football Club (Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) is a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
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Population
Population is the term typically used to refer to the number of people in a single area.
Presbyterian Church of Wales
The Presbyterian Church of Wales (Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Cymru), also known as the Calvinistic Methodist Church (Yr Eglwys Fethodistaidd Galfinaidd), is a denomination of Protestant Christianity based in Wales.
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Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism is a Reformed (Calvinist) Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders.
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Rhondda
Rhondda, or the Rhondda Valley (Cwm Rhondda), is a former coalmining area in South Wales, historically in the county of Glamorgan.
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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Rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.
Rugby union positions
In the game of rugby union, there are 15 players on each team, comprising eight forwards (wearing jerseys numbered 1–8) and seven backs (numbered 9–15).
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South Wales Valleys
The South Wales Valleys (Cymoedd De Cymru) are a group of industrialised peri-urban valleys in South Wales.
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Staff Jones
Stephen Thomas "Staff" Jones, (born 4 January 1959) is a former Wales rugby union international from Ynysybwl.
Tabernacle Chapel, Ynysybwl
Tabernacle, Ynysybwl is a former Independent chapel in Other Street, Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
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Taff Trail
The Taff Trail (Taith Taf) is a walking and cycle path that runs for between Cardiff Bay and Brecon in Wales.
Terraced house
A terrace, terraced house (UK), or townhouse (US) is a kind of medium-density housing that first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls.
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Thomas Morgan (Afanwyson)
Thomas Morgan (also known by his bardic name, Afanwyson) was a Welsh writer, historian and Baptist minister.
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Tommy Scourfield
Thomas Scourfield (26 February 1909 – 14 February 1976) was a Welsh dual code rugby international full back who played club rugby for Ynysybwl and Torquay as an amateur rugby union player and played professional rugby league with Huddersfield.
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Treforest
Treforest (Trefforest) is a village in the south-east of Pontypridd, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Ynysybwl and Treforest are villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Wales Rally GB
Wales Rally GB was the most recent iteration of the United Kingdom's premier international motor rally, which ran under various names since the first event held in 1932.
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Ward (electoral subdivision)
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes.
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Welsh handball
Welsh handball (Pêl-law) is one of the ancient native sports of Wales.
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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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Wesleyan theology
Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan–Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley.
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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.
Ynysybwl (electoral ward)
Ynysybwl is the name of an electoral ward covering the valley of the Nant Clydach in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.
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Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm
Ynysybwl and Coed-y-cwm is a Community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales in the United Kingdom, comprising the villages of Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm.
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Ynysybwl branch line railway
The Ynysybwl branch line railway, formally known as the Clydach Valley Branch, was opened by the Taff Vale Railway company in 1885 to serve collieries that were expected to open in the Clydach Valley, Glamorganshire, South Wales.
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1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike
The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.
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2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election
The 2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect 54 members across 46 wards to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynysybwl
Also known as Ynysybwl, Rhondda Cynon Taff.
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