Bedlinog
Bedlinog is a village in the Taff Bargoed valley, near Merthyr Tydfil, in south Wales. It has a population of about 1,400.
The name is thought to originate from "bod" (dwelling) and "llwynog" (fox, also the name of a stream). The first part could also be "bedd" (grave), from this the name Beddllwynog is occasionally used in Welsh. It has also been suggested to be "bedw llwynog" (birch grove) or "bedd Cynog" (Cynog's grave).[1]
Bedlinog was a small farming community named Cwmfelin[2] until the colliery was sunk in 1874 at Llwyn Crwn. It then became a mining community, like many villages in the South Wales Valleys. By World War I it had a population of 5,000. It declined in the 1920s and 1930s, and the last colliery was closed in 1956.[1]
Bedlinog was originally in the parish of Gelligaer.[3] In 1912 it was made its own parish, with the construction of St Cadoc's Church.[4] Today it forms part of Bedlinog and Trelewis Community Council.[5]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.treharrisdistrict.co.uk/treharris-areas/bedlinog/
- ↑ http://www.culturalecology.info/baywatch/baywatch1/lac1/baywtch4/projects/people/morgan.htm
- ↑ https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Gelligaer
- ↑ https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Gelligaer/Bedlinog
- ↑ https://bedlinogtrelewis-cc.gov.wales/