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Glamorgan

NameGlamorgan
 
HQCardiff
GovernmentGlamorgan County Council (1889-1974)
CodeGLA
CodeNameChapman code
ReplaceWest Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan
South Glamorgan
MottoA Ddioddefws A Orfu (He Who suffered, conquered)
PopulationFirst326,254
PopulationFirstYear1861
AreaFirst547494 acre (2215.6 km2)
AreaFirstYear1861
DensityFirst1.7/acre
DensityFirstYear1861
PopulationSecond1,120,910
PopulationSecondYear1911
AreaSecond518865 acre (2099.8 km2)
AreaSecondYear1911
DensitySecond2.2/acre
DensitySecondYear1911
PopulationLast1,229,728
PopulationLastYear1961
AreaLast523253 acre (2117.5 km2)
AreaLastYear1961
DensityLast2.4/acre
DensityLastYear1961

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Glamorgan or Glamorganshire ( or ) is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three preserved counties of West Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan. The name also survives in that of the county borough of the Vale of Glamorgan.

Although initially a rural and pastoral area of little value, the area that became known as Glamorgan was a conflict point between the Norman lords and the Welsh princes, with the area being defined by a large concentration of castles. After falling under English rule in the 16th century, Glamorgan became a more stable county, and exploited its natural resources to become an important part of the Industrial Revolution. Glamorgan was the most populous and industrialised county in Wales and was once called the 'crucible of the Industrial Revolution', containing the world centres of three metallurgical industries, and its rich resources of coal.

The county of Glamorgan comprised several distinct regions: the industrial valleys, the agricultural Vale of Glamorgan and the scenic Gower Peninsula. The county was bounded to the north by Brecknockshire, east by Monmouthshire, south by the Bristol Channel, and west by Carmarthenshire and Carmarthen Bay. Its total area was 2100 km2 (2100 km2), and the total population of the three preserved counties of Glamorgan in 1991 was 1,288,309. In 1974 Glamorgan contained two cities, Cardiff, the county town and from 1955 the capital city of Wales, and Swansea. The highest point in the county was Craig y Llyn (600 m (1968.5 ft)) which is situated near the village of Rhigos in the Cynon Valley.

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WalesOnline---GLAMORGAN- WANDERERS brought a 21-match losing sequence in the Welsh Premiership to an end and swapped places with Quins at the bottom. ... - Date : Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:31:20 GMT+00:00
£14bn Defence Training College scrapped - Builder and Engineer Tweet this news
Builder and Engineer--The proposed facility at St Athan in the Vale of -Glamorgan- would have offered specialist engineering, communications and information systems training to all ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:06:01 GMT+00:00
Angling: Glamorgan anglers cash in on the sunny side of Pysgodlyn Pool - WalesOnline Tweet this news
WalesOnline--ONLY the anglers on the side of Pysgodlyn Pool that were in sunshine caught fish during the -Glamorgan- AC match. Caerphilly member Gareth Thomas carried on ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:08:49 GMT+00:00
Flood-hit school is closed again - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--A Vale of -Glamorgan- secondary school has been hit by a second flooding problem in a matter of weeks. A burst pipe at St Cyres School in Penarth means there ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:10:22 GMT+00:00
T20 refund for Glamorgan - The Press Association Tweet this news
The Press Association--The England and Wales Cricket Board have handed -Glamorgan- a partial refund on the staging fee for the second Twenty20 international against Pakistan. ... - Date : Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:40:17 GMT+00:00
Illegal farriers punished for third time - Horse & Hound Online Tweet this news
Horse & Hound Online--David and Paul Grunewald, from Llanharan, West -Glamorgan-, have continued to shoe horses despite being fined in 2008 and 2009 at Barry Magistrates Court. ... - Date : Sun, 24 Oct 2010 15:14:18 GMT+00:00

Local government in Wales

Principal areas
established in 1996
Blaenau Gwent * Bridgend * Caerphilly * Cardiff * Carmarthenshire * Ceredigion * Conwy * Denbighshire * Flintshire * Gwynedd * Isle of Anglesey * Merthyr Tydfil * Monmouthshire * Neath Port Talbot * Newport * Pembrokeshire * Powys * Rhondda Cynon Taf * Swansea * Torfaen * Vale of Glamorgan * Wrexham
Counties and districts
1974 �1996
ClwydAlyn and Deeside * Colwyn * Delyn * Glyndŵr * Rhuddlan * Wrexham Maelor
DyfedCarmarthen * Ceredigion * Dinefwr * Llanelli * Preseli Pembrokeshire * South Pembrokeshire
GwentBlaenau Gwent * Islwyn * Monmouth * Newport * Torfaen
GwyneddAberconwy * Anglesey * Arfon * Dwyfor * Meirionnydd
Mid GlamorganCynon Valley * Merthyr Tydfil * Ogwr * Rhondda * Rhymney Valley * Taff-Ely
PowysBrecknock * Montgomeryshire * Radnorshire
South GlamorganCardiff * Vale of Glamorgan
West GlamorganLliw Valley * Neath * Port Talbot * Swansea
Counties
established before 1889
Anglesey * Brecknockshire * Caernarfonshire * Cardiganshire * Carmarthenshire * Denbighshire * Flintshire * Glamorganshire * Merionethshire * Monmouthshire * Montgomeryshire * Pembrokeshire * Radnorshire



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