MenuAbercynon, Glamorgan
Abercynon is a small town in Glamorgan. The rivers Taff and Cynon converge at Watersmeet near Martin's Terrace. The town was the terminus of the world's first steam railway journey when on 21 February 1804 the inventor Richard Trevithick drove a steam locomotive hauling both iron and passengers travelled from the Penydarren ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil to the basin of the Glamorganshire Canal at Abercynon. The town is within the council area of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
Place Type: Town
Historic County: Glamorgan
Lat, Long: 51.646067,-3.328531
Grid Reference: ST 0817 9497
Community (Civil Parish): Abercynon C
Council Area: Rhondda Cynon Taf CA
Police Area: South Wales PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: 106
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Abercynon,_Glamorgan_106
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Place Type: Town
Historic County: Glamorgan
Lat, Long: 51.646067,-3.328531
Grid Reference: ST 0817 9497
Community (Civil Parish): Abercynon C
Council Area: Rhondda Cynon Taf CA
Police Area: South Wales PA
Devolved Legislature: Welsh Assembly (Senedd)
GBPN ID: 106
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Abercynon,_Glamorgan_106
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