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Sentence Examples The hospitals in Merthyr, Newport, and Pontypridd where I served my student attachments and house jobs are now gone, replaced by sparkling new edifices. In 1804 his unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. By the 1881 census, Cardiff had overtaken both Merthyr and Swansea to become the largest town in Wales. The Risca scorers were Josh McLaughlin, Ethan Shide, Jack Bainton and Adam Rose Aberdare Town drew 4-4 against Merthyr Town. For much of the nineteenth century, the representation was initially controlled by the ironmasters of Merthyr, notably the Guest family. Shortly before the election, however, Henry Richard intervened as a radical Liberal candidate, invited by the radicals of Merthyr. The trustees sank the Bute Merthyr Colliery in October 1851, at the top of the Rhondda Fawr in what would become Treherbert. The Bute Merthyr began producing coal in 1855, the first working steam coal colliery in the Rhondda. Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan. The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was largely replaced by the new Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency. In contrast the electorate of the neighbouring Aberdare Valley was relatively small, numbering 3,691 compared with 22,083 in Merthyr. Merthyr Tydfil saw one of the most remarkable contests of the 1868 General Election. For the first decade of the twentieth century Merthyr was represented by the unusual combination of David Alfred Thomas and Hardie. Her political heroes include Lewis Lewis, one of the leaders of the 1831 Merthyr Rising. From Corn Du, a ridge with an inner escarpment descends south towards Merthyr Tydfil. Towns in the region included Aberdare, Caerphilly, Pontypridd, Maesteg, Merthyr Tydfil and Mountain Ash. In the second half of the 18th century four ironworks were built in Merthyr Tydfil. Conversely, the borough electorate, in Cardiff, Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil had been greatly expanded. The event that changed the face of coastal Glamorgan was the growth of the Merthyr iron industry. Merthyr needed a coastal export point for its iron and Cardiff was the obvious choice being at the mouth of the River Taff. Show More Sentences Linking the ironworks of Merthyr to the ports of Cardiff, the Taff Vale line was given royal assent in 1836, with work commencing the same year. The couple married on 29 July 1833 and moved into a new mansion built near the Dowlais Iron Company in Merthyr Tydfil. The daffodils were planted in the early 19th century by Mrs Nicholl of Merthyr Mawr. Aberdare Athletic, Cardiff City, Merthyr Town, Newport County, Swansea City and Wrexham have all been members of the Football League. Despite having finished second bottom in season before, usually a relegation place, Merthyr became a new member of the Football League. However Merthyr went on to secure a second consecutive championship and with it promotion to the Southern League. South Wales rebranded as South Wales Ironmen for the 2017 season as the club moved to Merthyr Tydfil. The town of Merthyr Tydfil was, at one time, the largest producer of iron in the world. The reason for the leniency shown to Merthyr is thought to have been connected to the club's apparent move to the professional Northern code. Merthyr Alexandria, had proposed in their AGM of 1907 to turn away from amateurism and join the Northern Union. In July 1907 a new Merthyr Tydfil league team joined the Northern Rugby Union. It was therefore believed the WRU did not suspended or punish Merthyr Alexandria to prevent the squad converting to the newly formed league team. Rather than playing the game at either Ebbw Vale or Merthyr, the neutral ground of Aberdare Athletic Ground was chosen by the Northern Union. The Welsh League XIII was made up of players from all six teams, but the majority came from Merthyr, who supplied eight of the thirteen players. The second Welsh League tournament was contested between Ebbw Vale, Merthyr Tydfil and Treherbert. Welsh's mother was the daughter of a hotelier from Merthyr, and the Bridge Inn was her responsibility, as John Thomas was often away from home. Later, he was made a Freeman of Merthyr Tydfil due to his boxing accomplishments. The county boroughs of Swansea, Cardiff and Newport would be retained, but the small county borough of Merthyr Tydfil would become a district. This problem was resolved probably at Merthyr Tydfil by combining puddling with one element of a slightly earlier process. Benzo Pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were found in Dwr Cymru water at a property near Merthyr Tydfil. Show More Sentences Dan Lewis fished the Merthyr Tydfil AA Kemys section of the River Usk and used a lobworm to catch a salmon weighing 8lb. More than 1,000 spectators were at Penydarren Park to watch this first v second clash and Merthyr played flowing football on the 3G surface. Merthyr unlucky not to make Trophy progress and now have to do it all again in Slough replay slough town. For an hour Merthyr controlled the game and, apart from Yate's surprising opener on 30 minutes, they were completely in the driving seat. A Japanese-owned foam-making business has confirmed that it will close its factory in Merthyr Tydfil with the loss of 80 jobs. Natural Resources Minister John Griffiths has today announced a Au2m funding package for Merthyr Tydfil Council to improve recycling services. John Lee Wells, 28, was driving home from work when his car collided with another vehicle on the A465 near Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. He claimed the explosive was strapped to his leg, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard. Mitchell Slape scored a brace with the other goal coming from new striker Zak Misbah, signed from Merthyr Town. At Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court, Lewis Thomas Mullock, 18, admitted criminal damage. A FORMER boxing champion has been fined for failing to provide information after his car was caught in a speed trap in Merthyr Tydfil. The young tortoiseshell cat was found by a member of the public in Merthyr Tydfil with shocking abdominal injuries and serious cuts to her tail. Whatever subliminal messages are being transmitted to the people of Merthyr, one wonders what they will make of the exercise. Carp are keeping Merthyr Tydfil AA members happy at Cyfartha Lake and the biggest was the 16lb common carp landed by Owen Thomas. A MOTHER from Merthyr Tydfil has been given a nine-week custodial sentence after failing to ensure that her children attended school. Chris, of Merthyr Tydfil, started entering the Evening Session phone-in competitions six months ago. A NEW half-hourly train service between Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff is due to get on track on Monday. O'Sullivan was unable to keep a 68th-minute half volley down before Merthyr went to 4-2-4 in a bid to rescue the game. With Merthyr 4-0 up within half an hour, Chippenham resembled a punch-drunk boxer. Newport IOW are currently just three points above Merthyr in the Dr Martens Premier Division drop zone. Show More Sentences With 17 matches left, Merthyr are level on points with Newport IOW who have three games in hand. The Great Escape in Merthyr Tydfil is closing, with speculation rife that it is to be turned into a funeral parlour. At one time the largest town in Wales, Merthyr Tydfil is today the country's fourth largest urban area by population. Similar examples, all from south Wales, include Merthyr Cynog, Merthyr Dyfan and Merthyr Mawr. Merthyr was close to reserves of iron ore, coal, limestone, lumber and water, making it an ideal site for ironworks. With the growing industry in Merthyr, several railway companies established routes linking the works with ports and other parts of Britain. They included the Brecon and Merthyr Railway, Vale of Neath Railway, Taff Vale Railway and Great Western Railway. These claims have never been fully verified, although Lewis' innocence is widely accepted throughout Merthyr. The population of Merthyr reached 51,949 in 1861, but went into decline for several years thereafter. This led to the closure of the works in 1874, which caused economic hardship and unemployment in Merthyr. The fortunes of Merthyr revived temporarily during World War II, as war industry was established in the area. Immediately following the Second World War several large companies set up in Merthyr. The Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind, founded in 1923, is the oldest active manufacturer in the town. Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is the governing body for the town and the County Borough, which stretches as far south as Treharris. Griffith's move to Merthyr Tydfil saw him take over a much larger and more established parish than Aberdare. This church was significant in the plan to counterbalance nonconformity in Merthyr. Regular trains operate from Merthyr Tydfil railway station to Cardiff Queen Street and Cardiff Central. Merthyr relies on a combination of public sector and manufacturing and service sector companies to provide employment. One of the first two Labour MPs to be elected to parliament was the Scot Keir Hardie, for Merthyr Tydfil constituency. The 1970s juvenile group The Osmonds have traced their ancestry to Merthyr. Show More Sentences The Dowlais Ironworks was a major ironworks and steelworks located at Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, in Wales. The furnace was established on the hillside above Merthyr, not an ideal location, but all the elements for production were at hand. During this time, the Cyfarthfa works lost its position as the leading ironworks in Merthyr Tydfil to its longtime rival, the Dowlais Ironworks. The site is now part of the Cyfarthfa Heritage Area and is administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Penydarren Ironworks was the fourth of the great ironworks established at Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. There are several cairns and the remains of a circular British encampment on the mountain between Aberdare and Merthyr. The Gadlys Ironworks was established in 1827 by Matthew Wayne, who had previously managed the Cyfarthfa ironworks at Merthyr. In 1832, Aberdare was removed from the county of Glamorgan and became part of the parliamentary borough of Merthyr Tydfil. There are a number of Brethren Assemblies in Cardiff and in the Swansea area and Free Presbyterian Churches in Rhiwderin, near Newport and at Merthyr Tydfil. Swansea's population was later overtaken by Merthyr in 1821 and by Cardiff in 1881, although in the latter year Swansea once again surpassed Merthyr. Merthyr Tydfil, at the northern end of the Taff valley became Wales's largest town thanks to its growing ironworks at Dowlais and Cyfarthfa Ironworks. In modern Merthyr Tydfil, behind the monument to Trevithick's locomotive is a stone wall, the sole remainder of the former boundary wall of Homfray's Penydarren House. Ty Keir Hardie, in his constituency town of Merthyr Tydfil, housed offices for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and adjoins the Civic Centre on Castle Street. There is also in Merthyr Tydfil a Keir Hardie Estate with streets named after prominent early Independent Labour leaders such as Wallhead and Glasier. He also contested and won Merthyr Tydfil in the 1900 election. The Carmarthen community is bordered by those of Bronwydd, Abergwili, Llangunnor, Llandyfaelog, Llangain, Llangynog and Newchurch and Merthyr, all being in Carmarthenshire. Merthyr Tydfil Heritage Regeneration Trust is commissioning the survey with support from the EU-funded South East Wales Community Economic Development programme. Situated in the historic county of Glamorgan, it is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough and is administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. Merthyr Tydfil Borough Constituency, created by the Representation of the People Act 1948, had an identical area to the County Borough of Merthyr Tydfil. Counsel General Carwyn Jones, Health Minister Edwina Hart and Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney AM Huw Lewis entered a leadership contest to elect a new Labour leader in Wales. Show More Sentences By the peak of the revolution, the districts of Merthyr housed four of the greatest Ironworks in the world being those of Dowlais, Plymouth, Cyfarthfa and Penydarren. If you're looking for something to do Bank Holiday Monday next week then how about a trip to the annual Merthyr Tydfil County Show in Cyfarthfa Park. Man evolved out of The Bystanders, a successful close harmony pop group from Merthyr Tydfil who played numerous club residencies in Wales, often playing several clubs a night. In 1802, Admiral Lord Nelson visited Merthyr to witness cannon being made. The inhabitants of China were seen as a separate class, away from the respectable areas of Merthyr, and were clearly recognisable by their lifestyle and appearance. The Merthyr Rising of 1831 was precipitated by a combination of the ruthless collection of debts, frequent wage reductions, and the imposition of truck shops. The A470 bypasses the centre to the east running southbound to Cardiff Bay and northbound to North Cardiff, Pontypridd, Merthyr Tydfil and Brecon. The same can be said for the English, Scottish and Irish workers who migrated to Welsh cities such as Merthyr Tydfil or ports such as Pembroke in the Industrial Revolution. Davies, the veteran Labour MP held his Merthyr Tydfil seat in the General Election of 1970, standing as an independent, after he had been deselected by the Labour Party. These works made Merthyr Tydfil the main centre of the industry in Wales. The Act increased the number of MPs for Glamorganshire from one to two, it created the separate District of Swansea and Merthyr Tydfil became a borough constituency. It was the Hoover company's aim to expand worldwide, and having already established bases in England and Scotland, Merthyr Tydfil seemed like the next appropriate step. Salford and Merthyr Tydfil were given two MPs instead of one. In 2006 inventor Howard Stapleton, based in Merthyr Tydfil, developed the technology that gave rise to the recent mosquitotone or Teen Buzz phenomenon. As a result, the nonconformist radical, Henry Richard, was returned as senior member for Merthyr, an important watershed in Welsh political history. Merthyr was regarded as a nonconformist stronghold in the 19th century, but the chapels declined rapidly from the 1920s onwards and most are now closed. The Church did, however, seek to counterbalance the influence of nonconformity in the 19th century, and Merthyr had a succession of notable clergymen as parish priests. A TOTAL of 144 people, most of them children, died on October 21,1966 when they were buried by a coal slag heap at Aberfan, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. Nigel Paul Williams was only identified through his DNA after his body was found on April 8 last year at his home at Rechabite Hall, Crescent Street, Merthyr Vale. Cardiff, Swansea and Wrexham may choose to gang up with fellow Euro exiles Newport, Merthyr and Colwyn Bay and launch a restraint of trade court case. Show More Sentences In 1794, the Glamorganshire Canal was completed, linking the then small town of Cardiff with Merthyr, and in 1798 a basin was built, connecting the canal to the sea. Merthyr Tydfil College is the main further education provider in the area. Evans stopped Merthyr Ex-Serviceman's Aled Diplock at superheavyweight in the third round but it remains to be seen whether he will compete at his fifth Games in Glasgow. Christopher Moyle, 51, admitted a clutch of offences before magistrates at Pontypridd who committed him to Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for sentence. Cardiff Blues are responsible for developing rugby union in the city of Cardiff, Vale of Glamorgan, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Merthyr Tydfil and south Powys. Lyam Phillips, 24, admitted fraud by making a false representation before magistrates, who committed him to Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court for sentence. The 'Irate Eight', as they were dubbed, consisted of Bangor City, Barry Town, Caernarfon Town, Colwyn Bay, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Newtown and Rhyl. In 2010, the club reformed again after Merthyr Tydfil FC was liquidated. Merthyr did make one last effort to restore parity, Jaye Bowen doing well on 90 minutes to play in Scotcher, but the midfielder's shot was just wide. The move came 48 hours after cooling towers in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, were closed down for checks after two pensioners died from legionnaires' disease. Griffiths meanwhile, was made vicar of Merthyr to escape local anger. The winner came from a beautifully struck half-volley by Merthyr Tydfil teenager Declan John, scored only one minute 50 seconds after he went on as a substitute. Idzi, signed from Welsh Premier League Bangor City, is now established as Merthyr Town's number one goalie as the league leaders work to press home their advantage. Although Merthyr Alexandria were let off with just a warning. He was taken to Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil where he was treated for his injuries including the stab wound to his left arm and also bruising to his face. As there was no fair held in the Rhondda the animals would be taken to neighbouring fairs and markets at Neath, Merthyr, Llantrisant, Ynysybwl and Llandaff. The Merthyr Tydfil base, which already employs 800 people to make washing machines and tumble dryers, could take over production of its cylinder cleaner. The pupils, who attend Ystrad Mynach College in Hengoed, have been left stranded after Merthyr Tydfil council demanded each of them has a Criminal Records Bureau check. The Merthyr Tydfil factory, which employs around 450 people making washing machines and tumble dryers, will close tomorrow following a 90-day consultation period. The origins of GKN lie in the founding of the Dowlais Ironworks in the village of Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, by Thomas Lewis and Isaac Wilkinson. Show More Sentences Thomas Halliday contested Merthyr as a 'labour' candidate as early as 1874 and the return of Keir Hardie in 1900 was a notable landmark in the growth of the Labour Party. The discontent of the late 1820s, culminating in serious disturbances in 1831, including the Merthyr Rising persuaded the government to take action in favour of reform. Within the Act of 1832 the one significant change in Wales was the carving out of a new parliamentary constituency, centred at Merthyr Tydfil, from the county of Glamorgan. When the constituency was established the vast majority of the electorate were resident in Merthyr Tydfil and its environs, such as the industrial township of Dowlais. A FORMER city councillor has called on Merthyr Tydfil politicians to resign for pressing ahead with plans to destroy South Wales' Coventry Playground. Traylor saw a header saved at the far post as Merthyr pushed again before Fisher excelled in keeping out a volley from Matthew Harris on 28 minutes. Examples from Classical Literature Merthyr Tydvil is situated in a broad valley through which roll the waters of the taf. And to two men at Merthyr Tydfil, in Glamorganshire, the fiend appeared in the shape of a gosling. Now, the idea smote her softened heart that Wilfrid's passion might engulf her if she had no word of sustainment from Merthyr. Barry-born Kayne McLaggon led Merthyr to success against promotion rivals Cirencester at the Cigge Stadium. Merthyr plunged her remorselessly into the second Punic war. A PROJECT to upgrade Merthyr Tydfil's drinking water network has helped unearth early 19th-century features. Somewhat about midnight Merthyr reached the inn, heralding the carriage. On the north of the coal-field it is just reached near Merthyr Tydfil. It contains a small part of the parliamentary borough of Merthyr Tydfil. Among those hit were residents in Williamstown, Merthyr Tydfil, where two culverts run behind their homes. A CYGNET died after its leg was broken by a stone thrown by a young boy at Merthyr Mawr in Bridgend. Nathan Hewitt, from Merthyr Tydfill, South Wales, lost 12-stone and caught eye of a lookalike agency who offered him a job as a Becks impersonator, the Daily Star reported. Merthyr Tydfil has one of the highest business birth rates in the country. And, when Merthyr defender Rewbury got into an almighty mixup with goalkeeper Bradley, Pablo Haynsham stroked into an empty net to seemingly settle the contest. Leissa Williams had been enjoying her big day until Shileen Cotter began picking fights after downing vodka and 12 pints of cider, Merthyr Tydfil Magistrates' Court was told. Owen Williams, prosecuting at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court, said Mr Morgan's ex-partner and mother of his child, Victoria Davies, was in a new relationship with Griffiths. Nevertheless, Merthyr kept up the pace and on 82 minutes a jinking run from McClaggon saw defender Sean Wimble make the foul and Referee Simon Wales pointed to the spot. Find more words! 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