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    Before coal mining began in the area known as Ystradyfodwg, later called the Rhondda Valleys, the landscape was described as having emerald green meadows and aromatic wild flowers. However, by the late 19th century, coal mining had transformed the area, covering the mountains and rivers with black coal dust. The parish of Ystradyfodwg included the valleys of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach rivers and was sparsely populated until the mid-19th century, when the population dramatically increased as the area became a center for coal mining industry.

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    Before coal mining began in the area known as Ystradyfodwg, later called the Rhondda Valleys, the landscape was described as having emerald green meadows and aromatic wild flowers. However, by the late 19th century, coal mining had transformed the area, covering the mountains and rivers with black coal dust. The parish of Ystradyfodwg included the valleys of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach rivers and was sparsely populated until the mid-19th century, when the population dramatically increased as the area became a center for coal mining industry.

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    Before coal mining began in the area known as Ystradyfodwg, later called the Rhondda Valleys, the landscape was described as having emerald green meadows and aromatic wild flowers. However, by the late 19th century, coal mining had transformed the area, covering the mountains and rivers with black coal dust. The parish of Ystradyfodwg included the valleys of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach rivers and was sparsely populated until the mid-19th century, when the population dramatically increased as the area became a center for coal mining industry.

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    Black Gold 2015

    HEARTS, SOULS
    AND MINES

    In 1807, a poet writing about the Rhondda observed


    'such scenes of untouched nature as the imagination would find it difficult to surpass'. -

    Henri Gastineau [ 1805] the foaming River Rhondda, Hopkinstown.

    Before coal was mined in the area known then as Ystradyfodwg - later to become known as the Rhondda Valleys - the
    area was amongst the most picturesque in Wales. It was described by Charles Cliffe as having "meadows of emerald
    greenness", and the air as being "aromatic with the scent of wild flowers and mountain plants

    By the time the area became known as the Rhondda Valleys, the description would have dramatically changed, and few places in the
    Valleys had escaped the blackness from the coal dust that spread through the Rhondda rivers and covered the Rhondda mountains with
    coal waste.
    By 1900 this was the scene.

    Ystradyfodwg(Vale of Tyfodwg) was an ancientupland


    parishinGlamorgan, Wales. It is believed to have been named after
    Tyfodwg (or Dyfodwg) who was either a 7th-century saint or
    chieftain.
    It included most of the valleys of theRhondda Fawr and Rhondda
    Fach rivers. It was a sparsely populated wild area of upland sheepwalks, but by themid 19th century it became a dynamic centre of
    thecoal mining industry, with a large, new industrial population. It
    stretched from Porth and over the mountain to the vale of Neath.
    In 1801, it had a population of just 542. Look at the chart to see
    how the population increased.

    With the start of commercial coal-mining at Dinas at the turn of


    the 19th Century, changes were on the way.
    Tylorstown in the
    1890s

    1887 Map

    A modern map.

    This man is Walter Coffin. Find out why he was important in Rhonddas
    Coal Society.

    This is a statue of David Davies of Llandinam. Find out what you can
    about him.

    This man is David Davis. Can you find out what his connection is with
    Ferndale?

    Create a mind map showing why coal was needed.

    Why was coal


    needed?

    What aspects will we need to research to learn


    about what life was like?

    Black Gold Coal


    Society

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