Rhondda Valley, in Glamorganshire, South Wales, is noted as a centre of coal-mining and for its fine scenery. The railway connecting the whole valley directly with Swansea through the tunnel of Blaengwyute was opened in 1890.
Rhondda Valley
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 695
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