The CyfarthfaIronworks were major 18th- and 19th-century ironworks in Cyfarthfa, on the north-western edge of Merthyr Tydfil, in South West Wales. The...
Cyfarthfa Castle (Welsh: Castell Cyfarthfa; [kəˈvarθva]) is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks...
Merthyr housed four of the greatest ironworks in the world: Dowlais Ironworks, Plymouth Ironworks, CyfarthfaIronworks and Penydarren. The companies were...
The Cyfarthfa Band was a private brass band created in the mid-19th century by Robert Thompson Crawshay, the future owner of the CyfarthfaIronworks in...
Because the owners of the CyfarthfaIronworks dominated the management of Glamorganshire Canal, the other Merthyr Tydfil ironworks built a tramroad to Abercynon...
historical ties to the industrial past of Merthyr Tydfil, the site of CyfarthfaIronworks was just to the east, by the River Taff. At the 2001 census, it had...
and was from 1777 a partner in that business (casting cannon at CyfarthfaIronworks at Merthyr Tydfil). This continued until Bacon had to give up government...
ironmasters of Merthyr Tydfil, including Richard Crawshay of the CyfarthfaIronworks, the canal was thought up as a solution to the issue of transporting...
west bank are the remains of a leat, constructed in 1766 for the CyfarthfaIronworks. It is fed by a stone weir with a cast iron sluice. Parts of the...
was one of the four principal ironworks in Merthyr. The other three were Cyfarthfa, Plymouth, and Penydarren Ironworks. In 1936 Dowlais played a part...
Sir Benjamin Hall, politician and reformer. William took over the CyfarthfaIronworks from his father, but it was never his primary concern, and he continued...
– 4 August 1867) was the son of William Crawshay I, the owner of CyfarthfaIronworks in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. William Crawshay II became an ironmaster...
area soon saw the establishment of ironworks and coal mines, notably the CyfarthfaIronworks and the Dowlais Ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil. The modern history...
mines when he was nine years of age. He then went to work at the CyfarthfaIronworks, where his father was also employed. In 1854 the family emigrated...
1802. Robert was a contractor of a coal level, providing fuel for CyfarthfaIronworks. They had eight children, six sons and two daughters. In 1824, Robert...
further innovations introduced by Richard Crawshay and Homfray of the CyfarthfaIronworks, in Merthyr Tydfil. Little is known of Cort's early life other than...
Plymouth Ironworks in 1763, which was formed by Isaac Wilkinson and John Guest, then in 1765 Anthony Bacon established the CyfarthfaIronworks. The fourth...
was followed in 1765 by the CyfarthfaIronworks. The Plymouth Ironworks were initially in the same ownership as Cyfarthfa, but passed after the death...
worked at Merthyr Tydfil as a partner of William Crawshay in the CyfarthfaIronworks and when he returned to Wortley in 1791 after the dissolution of...
region in the world. Production at Blaenavon was second only to CyfarthfaIronworks in Merthyr Tydfil, the largest iron producer in Wales. Two new furnaces...
the other three being Cyfarthfa, Plymouth and Penydarren Ironworks. Charlotte Guest took assisted management of Dowlais Ironworks after the death of her...
for his ironworks. It was used to purify the iron ore. William Crawshay II the "Iron King" employed 5,000 people in his CyfarthfaIronworks in the 1830s...
Unable to construct a canal similar to the nearby CyfarthfaIronworks, three of the four principal ironworks at Merthyr Tydfil, Wales: Dowlais, Plymouth and...
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