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This is a list of ironworks that have been established within Wales, United Kingdom. Most were established during the nineteenth century in industrialising Southeast Wales with a smaller number in Northeast Wales, West Wales and elsewhere.

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List of ironworks in Wales

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This is a list of ironworks that have been established within Wales, United Kingdom. Most were established during the nineteenth century in industrialising...

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Blaenavon Ironworks

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Blaenavon Ironworks is a former industrial site which is now a museum in Blaenavon, Wales. The ironworks was of crucial importance in the development of the...

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Wales

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south of the country. In the north, John Wilkinson's Ironworks at Bersham was a major centre, while in the south, at Merthyr Tydfil, the ironworks of Dowlais...

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List of lakes of Wales

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This is a list of lakes in Wales, including those created as reservoirs. The names of most lakes in Wales start with the word "Llyn", which is Welsh for...

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Merthyr Tydfil

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Merthyr in 1804, travelling 9 mi (14 km) from the ironworks at Penydarren to the Glamorganshire Canal on the Merthyr Tramroad. The 1851 census found Wales to...

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Mining in Wales

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Mining in Wales provided a significant source of income to the economy of Wales throughout the nineteenth century and early to mid twentieth century. It...

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Blaenavon

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UNESCO in 2000. Blaenavon literally means "head of the river" or loosely "river's source" in the Welsh language. Blaenavon grew around an ironworks opened...

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Pontypool

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south Wales was the most important centre of iron production in the world. Whilst Pontypool was not as competitive as some of the larger ironworks towns...

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List of football clubs in England and Wales by year formed

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List of football league clubs in the top four tiers of English football (i.e. the Premier League and the English Football League), as of the 2023–24 season...

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Industrial Revolution in Wales

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industrialised. Ironworks were set up in the South Wales Valleys, running south from the Brecon Beacons particularly around the new town of Merthyr Tydfil...

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List of tramroads in South Wales

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replaced by standard-gauge steam railways. The list of tramroads in South Wales can be split into a number of regions: The canals converging on Newport Docks...

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History of education in Wales

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works schools associated with the smelting industry in South Wales. In 1863 a visitor to Llynfi Ironworks School, which had 800 pupils, recorded that... I...

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Early modern period in Wales

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coal deposits in south-east Wales meant that this area soon saw the establishment of ironworks and coal mines, notably the Cyfarthfa Ironworks and the Dowlais...

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British Iron Company

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a number of active ironworks or land on which to build. Of these the principal sites were Abersychan in south Wales, Ruabon in north Wales and Corngreaves...

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Blaenavon Industrial Landscape

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Industrial Landscape, in and around Blaenavon, Torfaen, Wales, was inscribed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The Blaenavon Ironworks, now a museum,...

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Steel Company of Wales

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Steel Company of Wales Ltd was a Welsh steel and tinplate producer. It was formed in 1947 and absorbed into British Steel Corporation in 1967, British...

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History of Wales

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south-east Wales meant that this area soon saw the establishment of ironworks and coal mines, notably the Cyfarthfa Ironworks and the Dowlais Ironworks at Merthyr...

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Wrexham

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centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England...

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Cwmbran

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also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire...

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Aberdare

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a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon. Aberdare has a population of 39,550...

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Bersham Ironworks

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Bersham Ironworks were large ironworks at Bersham, near Wrexham, Wales. They are most famous for being the original working site of John Wilkinson. They...

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South Wales Valleys

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Merthyr Tydfil, at the northern end of the Taff valley, became Wales's largest town thanks to its growing ironworks at Dowlais and Cyfarthfa. The neighbouring...

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Clwyd

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parts of the area, there was considerable industrial activity in the North Wales Coalfield, particularly around Wrexham. The Bersham Ironworks at Bersham...

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Blaenau Gwent

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Welsh: [ˈbləi.nai]) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders the unitary authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly...

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Nantyglo

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Crawshay Bailey, took Wayne's place in the Nantyglo ironworks partnership. Turning Nantyglo into one of the great ironworks of the kingdom the two brothers,...

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List of Cadw properties

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service of the Welsh Government which manages historical buildings and ancient monuments in Wales. List of National Trust properties in Wales Lists of scheduled...

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Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site

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(16 kilometers) northeast of Downtown Boston in Saugus, Massachusetts. It is the site of the first integrated ironworks in North America, founded by John...

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List of preserved historic blast furnaces

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the article in the Chicago Ukrainian newspaper “Українське слово” “Ukrainian word”. Historic Environment Scotland. "Furnace, Ironworks (SM2530)". Retrieved...

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