Pontypridd

Pontypridd, a town of Glamorgan, 12 miles NW. of Cardiff by rail, at the junction of the Rhondda and the Tarf. It has a famous bridge (see BRIDGE), iron and coal mines, iron and brass foundries, and chemical and other manufactures—to which is due its rapid growth from a mere village at the beginning of the 19th century. Pop. (1881) 12,317; (1891) 19,971.