Wattstown
Sign in to saveWattstown () is a village located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Located in the Rhondda Fach valley, it is a district of the community of Ynyshir. Prior to mid 19th century industrialisation the area was once little more than a wooded area, sparsely populated by farmsteads. With the coming of the coal industry Wattstown became a busy, densely populated village, but with the closure of the collieries Wattstown suffered an economic downturn that still affects the village today.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Wattstown is referenced by 165 other articles, and connects out to Wales, list of sovereign states and Middle Ages.
Vinony files it under 1880s disasters in the United Kingdom, 1887 in Wales and 1887 mining disasters.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Wattstown
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Rhondda Cynon Taf
- Image
- Lower Bailey St, Wattstown - geograph.org.uk - 952440.jpg
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- Commons category
- Wattstown
- OS grid reference
- ST018937
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- Hilo
- P12749
- Joffrey Lupul
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Early history and industrialisation
- National Colliery 1887 disaster
- National Colliery 1905 disaster
- Sport and leisure
- External links
- References
Wattstown () is a village located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Located in the Rhondda Fach valley, it is a district of the community of Ynyshir. Prior to mid 19th century industrialisation the area was once little more than a wooded area, sparsely populated by farmsteads. With the coming of the coal industry Wattstown became a busy, densely populated village, but with the closure of the collieries Wattstown suffered an economic downturn that still affects the village today.
Wattstown is named after Edmund Hannay Watts, who at one time owned the National Colliery in Wattstown.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wattstown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations