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Taff Vale Railway bridge over Cwm Clydach (partly in Abercynon Community)

Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales

A Grade II listed building in Glyncoch, Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, Rhondda Cynon Taff, designated on 12 December 2002.

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913) covering the location of Taff Vale Railway bridge over Cwm Clydach (partly in Abercynon Community), Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm, Rhondda Cynon Taff, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1913), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Designation
Listed building, Grade II
Broad class
No class recorded
Date of designation
12 December 2002
Locality
Glyncoch
Community
Ynysybwl and Coed-y-Cwm
Unitary authority
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Country
Wales
Coordinates
51.62669, -3.33054
Cadw reference
81031

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1963 · Map No. 14 - Local Government Commission for Wales : [Definitive maps showing proposed… (National Library of Scotland)

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Cadw's description

On the very S boundary of Abercynon community and SE boundary of Ynysybwl and Coed y Cwm community, at the junction of Cwm Clydach with Taff Vale.

See Record Number 80764 in Abercynon Community for full description of this bridge.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Designated Historic Asset GIS Data, The Welsh Historic Environment Service (Cadw), 2026-09-07, licensed under the Open Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ Cadw, the Welsh Historic Environment Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
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