MERTHYR TYDFIL, or MERTHYR TYDVIL  , a municipal, See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county and See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough, and See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• GLAMORGANSHIRE (Welsh Morganwg)

Glamorganshire, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, situated in a See also:

• BLEAK, or BLICK (Alburnus lucidus)

bleak and hilly region on the See also:

• RIVER

river Taff, on the Glamorganshire See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

Canal, and the See also:

• BRECON, or BRECKNOCK

Brecon and Merthyr, See also:

• GREAT

Great Western, See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Western, Taff Vale and See also:

• RHYMNEY

Rhymney See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways, 25 M . N.N.W. of See also:

• CARDIFF

Cardiff, 30 E.N.E. of See also:

• SWANSEA

Swansea, and 176 from See also:

• LONDON

London . Pop . (Igor), 69,228 . The town is said to have derived its name from the martyrdom of St Tydfil, daughter of Brychan, who was put to See also:

• DEATH

death by See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons in the 5th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . It is for the most See also:

• PART

part irregularly built and was formerly subject to severe epidemics due to defective sanitation; but it now possesses a See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of the pu,,,See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest See also:

• WATER

water from the lesser Taff on the See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern slope of the Brecon-'See also:

• SHIRE

shire Beacons . The town owes its See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial prosperity to the abundant ironstone and See also:

• COAL

coal of the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and it thus became at an early date the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief seat of the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry in Wales . Four great ironworks were established here between 1759 and 1782 . With the earliest, that of Dowlais, the See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

Guest See also:

• FAMILY

family were associated, first as partners and later as See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole owners from 1782 to 1901 when the See also:

• WORKS

works were disposed to the See also:

• COMPANY

company of Guest, Keen and Nettlefold . In 1765, Cyfarthfa was started by See also:

• ANTHONY, SAINT
• ANTHONY, SUSAN BROWNELL (1820-1906)

Anthony See also:

• BACON
• BACON (through the O. Fr. bacon, Low Lat. baco, from a Teutonic word cognate with " back," e.g. O. H. Ger. pacho, M. H. Ger. backe, buttock, flitch of bacon)
• BACON, FRANCIS (BARON VERULAM, VISCOUNT ST ALBANS) (1561-1626)
• BACON, JOHN (1740–1799)
• BACON, LEONARD (1802–1881)
• BACON, ROGER (c. 1214-c. 1294)
• BACON, SIR NICHOLAS (1509-1579)

Bacon, and when firmly established, sold in 1794 to See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard Crawshay by whose descendants the works were carried on till the owners formed themselves in 1890 into a limited company (Crawshay See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

Brothers Cyfarthfa Limited), the controlling See also:

• INTEREST

interest in which has since been acquired by the Dowlais Company . The See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth works, started soon after Cyfarthfa, by See also:

• WILKINSON, JAMES (1757–1825)
• WILKINSON, JAMES JOHN GARTH (1812-1899)
• WILKINSON, JOHN (1728-1808)
• WILKINSON, SIR JOHN GARDNER (1797—1875)
• WILKINSON, TATE (1739—1803)

Wilkinson and Guest, passed later into the hands of Anthony See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

Hill from whose descendants they were See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased in 1863 . on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern limits of his lordship of Glamorgan, its erection causing a serious See also:

• FEUD

feud between him and de See also:

• BOHUN

Bohun, See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• HEREFORD

Hereford, who claimed its site as part of the lordship of Brecknock .

(D . LL .