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Aberdare history
Early history
There are several cairns and the remains of a circular British encampment on the mountain. This may have led to the mountain itself being named Bryn-y-Beddau (hill of graves) Other local traditions associate the name with the Battle of Hirwaun Wrgant.
Middle Ages
Aberdare is traditionally given as the scene of the battle of Hirwaun Wrgant, where allied forces of the Norman Robert Fitzhamon and Iestyn ap Gwrgant defeated Rhys ap Tewdwr, the last Welsh prince of Glamorgan. It was originally a small village in an agricultural district, centred around the Church of St John the Baptist, said to date from 1189.
Industrial Aberdare
In the early 19th century the population of Aberdare grew rapidly, owing to the abundance of coal and iron ore. The population of the whole parish, 1,486 in 1801, increased tenfold during the first half of the 19th Century. A postgraduate theological college opened in connection with the Church of England in 1892, but moved to Llandaff in 1907.
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