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Aberfan in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil
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"Aberfan is a former coal mining village in South Wales, 4 miles (6 km) south of the town of Merthyr Tydfil. The Taff Trail ... runs through Aberfan from Troed-y-rhiw, to Treharris. The River Taff also flows through Aberfan. On 21 October 1966, it became known for the Aberfan disaster, when a colliery spoil tip collapsed into homes and a school, killing 116 children and 28 adults." wikipedia
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References to the village of Aberfan at
- The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Various items - on People's Collection Wales
- Capel Aberfan
- Bethania Chapel, Aberfan
Aberfan on Alan George's site
Various landscapes - on People's Collection Wales
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Aberfan in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil to another place.
Aberfan 1966 - part of the Coalfield Web Materials site
Aberfan War Memorial - on the Roll of Honour site
The Aberfan Disaster on Wikipedia
Aberfan - on BBC Wales 'On this Day'
"21 October 1966: Aberfan - a generation wiped out;It took just five minutes for the coal tip above Aberfan to slide down the mountain and engulf a farm, several houses and a school"
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Aberfan Disaster Inquiry, Chief Surveyor's papers 1950-1967
- Aberfan Photographs collection comprising of a volume of 99 photographs depicting engineering work on the remainder of the coal tips
Multiple items re the Aberfan Disaster - on People's Collection Wales
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO070001 (Lat/Lon: 51.691921, -3.346859), Aberfan in the Parish of Merthyr Tydfil which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Bryntaf Girls Band, 1934 - There was a tradition of jazz bands in Aberfan and Merthyr Vale and the most famous band of all was the Aberfan Coons Band. - on People's Collection Wales
- Aberfan Disaster Fund, Aberfan, Glamorgan
- 1966-80: papers
[National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records] - 1967-1973: disaster fund management committee and sub-committee minutes
[Glamorgan Record Office - Reference : Acc 1996/60]
- 1966-80: papers
- Public Inquiry into the Aberfan Tip Disaster
1966-69: proceedings, correspondents, tribunal proceedings etc
[National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records - Reference: Aberfan]