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1364:(4). Until recently, there had been a majority of Labour members for over forty years. Following mass resignations from the local Labour Party as a result of an internal row over candidate selections, several Councillors resigned from the party and now sit as independents. The make-up of the council as of June 2019 is 9 Labour and 8 Llynfi Independents members.
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675:(DLPR); it was extended to the Coegnant district near the head of the valley in 1830. The railway opened up the district and led to the formation of an iron company, which began building a works on Maesteg Uchaf Farm, near the site of the present-day town centre, in 1826. The company took its name from the farm, and by 1831 two
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a blast furnace remain as links to the Llynfi Works and the valley's significant 19th century iron industry. The two ironworks, with associated collieries and new housing, transformed an area of scattered farms with a population of about 400 in 1821 into a growing township with a population of 4,000 by 1841.
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store and car park. The works, which became known as the Llynfi
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Maesteg and district stabilised at about 20,000, roughly the figure today. With the creation of more jobs in the Bridgend and Port Talbot districts, the Llynfi
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Maesteg district, with a population of about 10,000, faced an uncertain future. However, the local coal industry then began to expand with the formation of North's Navigation Collieries Ltd in 1889. The
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The town is home to two cricket clubs. Maesteg
Cricket Club was founded in 1846 and won the South Wales Cricket Association League Cup in 2016. Maesteg Celtic Cricket Club is based at Garth Welfare Park; they have won the Welsh Cup three times and the first division of the South Wales Cricket
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area, the last pit closed in 1985. With the decline of the coal industry and, more recently, the closure of one large factory producing cosmetics and another manufacturing vehicle components, the valley has become a residential/dormitory area for the Port Talbot, Bridgend and
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was entirely fired by Llynfi coal when the ship established a new record for crossing the
Atlantic. By the early 1920s there were over 7,000 miners at work in the valley. However, as the area depended to such a large extent on the coal export trade, it was seriously affected by the
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of the Elder
Dempster shipping line, also developed collieries in the valley. Due to the expansion programme set in motion by the two mining companies, two of the local, former iron company collieries (Coegnant and Garth) were modernised, and two new large collieries were sunk at
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Glamorgan. Up to the 18th century, many of the farms of the Llynfi Valley were centres of local culture. For example, Llwydarth, the home of the influential Powell family, was a centre for writers and poets in Glamorgan in the 17th century.
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were in operation and the first rows of workers' housing had been completed near the
Maesteg Ironworks. Around the same time, one of the first zinc smelters in Wales was set up on Coegnant Farm near the northern terminus of the DLPR.
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or two shilling piece (now the ten pence piece). John Bowring lost his capital in the trade depression of the late 1840s, although the iron company continued trading. After his Llynfi venture, John Bowring became British Consul in
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In the past, there were other railway stations in Maesteg. Llangynwyd Station used to lie on the Maesteg line a few miles east of where Garth Station is today, and Maesteg (Neath Road) was on the old
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1376:. There are many churches and chapels in the Maesteg area, several of which have been converted into flats because they are no longer used for religious purposes. There is a Kingdom Hall of
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supermarket, including the platforms and the bridge joining the two platforms. The old track was removed in 2007 during a land reclamation project. The present stations were reopened by
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areas. 11% (1,867 out of 20,702) of the town's population speak Welsh with 27.9% of 3-15 year olds speaking the language. It is one of the few areas of Wales where the traditional
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Before the development of industry in the 1820s, the Llynfi Valley was a sparsely populated area of scattered farms. The nearest settlement was the village of
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Maesteg Children's Choir hosts many concerts throughout the year, and Curtain Up Youth Theatre has been performing musicals since the turn of the millennium.
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and St John's (Cwmdu). With the development of the coal industry, the local population increased from about 10,000 in 1891 to almost 30,000 in 1921.
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The original Maesteg station was situated a few yards west of the terminus that is there today. Remains of the original station remain behind the
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Association on seven occasions, including a record four times consecutively. Both clubs play in the South Wales Cricket Association Division 1.
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in 1861, the Llynfi Works had a reputation for producing high-quality iron. In the mid-Victorian period there was a flourishing export trade to
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The Cambrian/Llynfi Works attracted investment capital from a number of prominent figures of the early Victorian period, including the poet
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There is also a women's choir: Harmony Ladies Choir. There are two mixed groups, Noteworthy Choir and Take Note contemporary vocal group.
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Maesteg Town Council has seventeen representatives covering the four electoral wards of
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was formed in the 1920s. Other rugby union teams from the area include
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bus service used to replace a withdrawn rail service from Maesteg to
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MP (1877–1931), Welsh chapel architect, town-planner and politician
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Number in work between 16 and 74 years of age(Maesteg) (3,412)
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then relocated to the former school's previous premises.
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Maesteg Market was situated at the ground floor level of
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1514:. For a time, Maesteg was also home to the now-defunct
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1909:"Last stall leaves 135-year-old indoor Maesteg Market"
1810:"Knotweed: The unstoppable scourge of British gardens"
1450:. The town is also served by three local newspapers:
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coal and what was regarded as the best house coal in
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2020:"Christopher Williams: local boy makes good"
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1360:(5), Maesteg West (5), Nantyffyllon (3) and
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1830:D.L.P.R., Brynmor James (Kenfig Hill 1987)
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1799:Tir Iarll, Frederick Evans (Cardiff 1912)
658:Learn how and when to remove this message
1889:Figures from: Mines Dept., List of Mines
1812:. The Daily Telegraph. 17 September 2016
1715:The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales
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1898:The last deep mine in the Llynfi Valley
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1842:"History of Llangynwyd Parish ..."
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1931:"Census results by community"
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1492:Football Association of Wales
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1538:Category:People from Maesteg
1466:, a free weekly, printed in
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2112:Maesteg Celtic Cricket Club
2108:"Maesteg Celtic CC website"
1411:The Welsh national anthem "
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1947:. Maesteg Town Council
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1662:(1873–1934), painter
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1488:association football
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1406:Funeral for a Friend
1352:Maesteg Town Council
1335:Ysgol Maesteg School
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244:Sovereign state
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2042:"Maesteg Town Hall"
1484:Maesteg Park A.F.C.
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1990:2009-09-12 at the
1971:2009-09-12 at the
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1322:. There is also a
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