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Parish of Merthyr Tydfil - Place names in the 1841 Census
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Transcribed by Deric John (Nov 2008)
Copied with original spelling, possible scribal errors have ? attached
Names in the first table are followed by the District number, here is a guide to the district locations
The first table has the place names in one list in alphabetical order, there is also a second table with place names shown within the original separate Districts
Place names in alphabetical order
Abercaned (sic) D21 | Albert St. D8 | Angel Street D11 | Balcau D16 |
Banwen D1 | Bargoed D14 | Beacon? D17 | Blaen bargoed D17 |
Blaen y cwm D17 | Blane Bargoed D14 | Blane Canned (sic) D20 | Blane Canned mill D20 |
Bradley Row D3 | Bridge St. D8 | Bridgefield Cottages D3 | Bridgefield Terrace D22 |
Brynrhedyn? D17 | Brynteg D19 | Bunch of Grapes Yard D4 | Cae Draw D9 |
Cae Draw D9a | Caeberthcelin D19 | Canal House D22 | Castle Lane D6 |
Castle Street D4 | Castle Street D5 | (Castle) Terrace D5 | Castle Yard D5 |
Cefn y forest D17 | Chapel Row D24 | Chapel St. D8 | Cilvach urincle Farm D16 |
Clwyd fagwr D19 | Clwyd y navi? Hur or the Ship hissso? house (shiphand) D14 | Clyn y Mule Plot D14 | Coad (sic) Meyrick D18 |
Coed y bannau? D14 | Coedca Brynteg D19 | Coedcae yn court D27 | Collier's Row D3 |
Colliers Row Lower D21 | Colliery Row D20 | Com Capal (sic) D18 | Com Wain Newith D18 |
Court House D12 | Court out of Chappel (sic) Street D25 | Court Street D11 | Court Street D12 |
Cross Street D5 | Cwm bargoed D17 | Cwm Blacks D14 | Cwm Cenol D2 |
Cwm cothy D17 | Cwm Nant-y-coed D3 | Cwmcoedcae D14 | Cwmdy D20 |
Cwmglo D20 | Cyfartha (sic) D18 | Cyfarthfa Lane D24 | Cyfarthfa Row D24 |
Cyfarthfa Street D24 | Cyfarthfa Warehouse D24 | Directing Post D19 | Drift D20 |
Duffryn Cottage D15 | Duffryn Old Engine D16 | Duffryn uchaf D16 | Dynevor Street D22 |
Engine house D14 | Ffawydd oyr? D17 | Finger Post (publican's home) D18 | Fos-y-fran Pil D14 |
Gardd yr ysgubor D12 | Gellideg Bird? (beer housekeeper) D19 | Gelly Deg Farm D18 | Gellydeg D18 |
George Street D23 | Gethyn D21 | Giller Street D11 | Gleabland (sic) D6 |
Glyndyrus Cottage D21 | Glyndyrus D21 | Glyndyrus Farm D21 | Graig Colliery D21 |
Graig D21 | Graig Lower D21 | Grawath? D14 | Harry Blawd Houses D3 |
Hendra Fawr D20 | Heol y Gerrig (sic) D25 | Heolgerrig D19 | Heolywermod D15 |
Heolywormod D14 | High St. D11 | High St. D8 | High Street D12 |
High Street D4 | High Street D6 | High Street, Pontmorlais D4 | Iohuff? D14 |
Ioubarmouth ? D14 | Iron Bridge D22 | Isle Wight (sic) D9 | John Street D23 |
Jones Long Row D6 | Jones Row D6 | Kethin D21 | Lamb Inn D5 |
Lime Kiln House D20 | Limekiln D14 | Llwyn y cellin (sic) D20 | Llyn (sic) yr Eos D20 |
Lower Shop (draper) D12 | Lower Wern D20 | Maes y gollen D17 | Market St. D8 |
Market Tavern D8 | Martin Place D3 | Mill St. D8 | Mill Street D9a |
Mount Pleasant D17 | Mountain D19 | Mountain House D20 | Nant y fedw D17 |
Nant y genith (sic) D18 | Nant y Gwenith back road D25 | Nant y gwenith D18 | Nant y Gwenith D25 |
Nant yr odyn D16 | Nantddu D17 | Nelson Square D5 | New Row D15 |
Old Six Bells D20 | Pantanas D17 | Parish Road D14 | Parliament Lock D20 |
Parsonage House D8 | Patriot Street D25 | Pedwaran Fach D12 | Pen lan D21 |
Pen Leval D18 | Pen Rue D18 | Pen y cae D20 | Pen y codca (sic) D20 |
Pen y uwch? Vawr? D14 | Pen y yard field D14 | Pencoedcae y wern D20 | Penheol Ferthyr D1 |
Penlangae fawr D17 | Penlangaefach D17 | Penllwynderi D19 | Penrywcwrig? D17 |
Pentrebach Forge Houses D15 | Pentrebach Long Row D14 | Pentrebach Long Row D15 | Pentrebach New Row D15 |
Penwain Fawr D2 | Penycaebach D14 | Penydarren Yard D3 | Penygraig D17 |
Penyrheol D19 | Penyrheol D20 | Penyrheol Factory (woollen) D20 | Phillip Row D3 |
Picton Street D9a | Plymouth Lodge D14 | Plymouth Office D14 | Plymouth Row D14 |
Plymouth Street D12 | Plymouth street D13 | Pont Capal (sic) D18 | Pont y reen D16 |
Pontmorlais D4 | Pontmorlais Machine House D3 | Pontygwaith D17 | Postoffis (sic) Street D6 |
Pottery Row D4 | Professional Row D11 | Pwll glas D17 | Pwllywedd (sic) D14 |
Pwllywhiad D1 | Quarry Row D16 | Red Houses D12 | Rhydycar Engine House D20 |
Rhydycar Farm Houses D20 | Rhydycar Square D20 | Richard Street D23 | Rosser Row D5 |
Ru(s?) Francis Houses D3 | Scybor Newydd D14 | Shop D17 | Swan St. D8 |
Taff and Cynon D26 | Tai Harri'r Blawd D3 | Tai pen cae tair erw D6 | Tai'r lan D17 |
Tai'r Pound D2 | Tai'r Pound D3 | Taibach D15 | Taibach Row D15 |
Tair Canol D19 | Tairso inches? D14 | Taran? Cottage D16 | Thomas St. D8 |
Tir y Twppa D17 | Tommy Caerpilly's Houses D27 | Tondaylwyn? D16 | Tram road D12 |
Tram road D15 | Tram road D22 | Tram road house D17 | Tramroad side D11 |
Transh Pach (sic) D18 | Trebetha D14 | Trehir D1 | Trevor Street D24 |
Troed rywgeifr D17 | Troedyrhew (sic) D16 | Troedyryw D17 | Trwyn (sic) garreg D17 |
Tucking Mill D13 | Turnpike Gt. House D17 | Twyn or Lwyn-yr-Eos D14 | Twynyrodin D27 |
Twynywain D1 | Ty yn y coed D20 | Tynewydd D17 | Tyntaldon? D16 |
Tynybanwan D17 | Tynyllwyn D17 | Tynywith (sic) D17 | Tyrywain? D17 |
Unisgau (sic) D7 | Unysgai (sic) D7 | Unysgaw (sic) D7 | Upper Clyn Mul D14 |
Upper Colliers Row D20 | Victoria St. D8 | Wain Wyllt D21 | Waterloo Street D9a |
Wellington St. D8 | Wern D20 | Wern Fach D20 | Wernlas D14 |
Whitefield Street D11 | William Square D5 (also written as =) | Williams Square D5 | Wm. John's Row D3 |
Workshop? Row D15 | Ynis Owen D17 | Ynisfach D22 | Ynisgau (not written) D7 |
Ynysfach Yard (coke?) D20 | Yr Hendafarn D17 |
Guide to districts
- District 1.
- From Twyn y waun, Trehir, Banwen, Pwllywead (Pwllywhiad), Pen Heol Ferthyr, church burying ground, to the north of the road from Twynyrodyn to Twynywaun.
- District 2.
- Tai'r Pound, Penywaun fawr and Cwm Cenol
- District3.
- From Tai'r Pound, Penydarren Yard, Cwmnant y coed, to Pontmorlais Machine House.
- District 4.
- From Pontmorlais, Glebeland field, Morlais Brook, Turnpike Rd., to Castle Inn.
- District 5.
- From Castle Inn to Ynysgau Archway & to the Morlais brook.
- District 6.
- Glebeland etc.
- District 7.
- between Ynysgau Chapel (south), Glebeland (east), River Taff (west) & Morlais Brook (north)
- District 8.
- from Ynysgau Chapel, Plymouth water course, Turnpike road, to Pencaetairerw.
- District 9.
- from Isle of Wight, Cae Draw, Rising Sun to River Taff.
- District 9a.
- remaining part of Caedraw
- District 11.
- from Turnpike Road, Brecon Bank, Twynyrodin, Star Inn, Tram road to Glebe field.
- District 12.
- from Star Inn, Tram road, Machine House, Turnpike gate to Star.
- District 13.
- from Tucking mill, west to river Taff, incline plane of railroad, Tram road, machine house to Turnpike gate.
- District 14.
- from railroad incline to Scybornewydd, Heolywormod etc.
- District 15.
- remains of Heolywermod hamlet.
- District 16.
- Forest Hamlet, Gilfach rincil, Troedyrhiw farm, to river Taff.
- District 17.
- rest of Forest Hamlet
- District 18.
- from Nantygwenith, Turnpike Rd., Taff by Cyfartha Office north of Gellydeg Hamlet.
- District 19.
- Heolgerrig to Coal Canal, Penyrheol, George town to Aberdare Road.
- District 20.
- west of Aberdare Rd., George town, Rhydycar from Mountain to Taff.
- District 21.
- Part of Hamlet south of district 20
- District 22.
- From Ynysfach, Iron Bridge, West Lane, Tram road to Taff.
- District 23.
- 3 streets. John, George & Richard.
- District 24.
- Trevor and Cyfarthfa streets.
- District 25.
- Heolgerrig and Chapel streets.
- District 26.
- Hamlet of Taff and Cynon
- Generic Taff and Cynon hamlet name used for all residences.
- District 27.
- Twynyrodin, Coedcae yn Court
- District 28.
- Twynyrodin, Tram road, Machine House.
Place names within the original Districts
District 1.
[From Twyn y waun, Trehir, Banwen, Pwllywead (Pwllywhiad), Pen Heol Ferthyr, church burying ground, to the north of the road from Twynyrodyn to Twynywaun.]
- Banwen
- Penheol Ferthyr
- Pwllywhiad
- Trehir
- Twynywain
District 2.
[Tai'r Pound, Penywaun fawr and Cwm Cenol]
- Cwm Cenol
- Penwain Fawr
- Tai'r Pound
District3.
[From Tai'r Pound, Penydarren Yard, Cwmnant y coed, to Pontmorlais Machine House.]
- Bradley Row
- Bridgefield Cottages
- Collier's Row
- Cwm Nant-y-coed
- Harry Blawd Houses
- Martin Place
- Penydarren Yard
- Phillip Row
- Pontmorlais Machine House
- Ru(s?) Francis Houses
- Tai Harri'r Blawd
- Tai'r Pound
- Wm. John's Row
District 4.
[From Pontmorlais, Glebeland field, Morlais Brook, Turnpike Rd., to Castle Inn.]
- Bunch of Grapes Yard
- Castle Street
- High Street
- High Street, Pontmorlais
- Pontmorlais
- Pottery Row
District 5.
[From Castle Inn to Ynysgau Archway & to the Morlais brook.]
- Castle Street
- (Castle) Terrace
- Castle Yard
- Cross Street
- Lamb Inn
- Nelson Square
- Rosser Row
- William Square (Also written as)
- Williams Square
District 6.
[Glebeland etc.]
- Tai pen cae tair erw
- High Street
- Castle Lane
- Postoffis (sic) Street
- Gleabland (sic)
- Jones Long Row
- Jones Row
District 7.
[between Ynysgau Chapel (south), Glebeland (east), River Taff (west) & Morlais Brook (north)]
- Unisgau (sic)
- Unysgai (sic)
- Unysgaw (sic)
- Ynisgau (not written)
District 8.
[from Ynysgau Chapel, Plymouth water course, Turnpike road, to Pencaetairerw.]
- Albert St.
- Bridge St.
- Chapel St.
- High St.
- Market St.
- Market Tavern
- Mill St.
- Parsonage House
- Swan St.
- Thomas St.
- Victoria St.
- Wellington St.
District 9.
[from Isle of Wight, Cae Draw, Rising Sun to River Taff.]
- Isle Wight (sic)
- Cae Draw
District 9a.
[remaining part ofCaedraw]
- Cae Draw
- Mill Street
- Picton Street
- Waterloo Street
District 11.
[from Turnpike Road, Brecon Bank, Twynyrodin, Star Inn, Tram road to Glebe field.]
- Angel Street
- Court Street
- Giller Street
- High St.
- Professional Row
- Tramroad side
- Whitefield Street
District 12.
[from Star Inn, Tram road, Machine House, Turnpike gate to Star.]
- Court House
- Court Street
- Gardd yr ysgubor
- High Street
- Lower Shop (draper)
- Pedwaran Fach
- Plymouth Street
- Red Houses
- Tram road
District 13.
[from Tucking mill, west to river Taff, incline plane of railroad, Tram road, machine house to Turnpike gate.]
- Tucking Mill
- Plymouth street
District 14.
[from railroad incline to Scybornewydd, Heolywormod etc.]
- Bargoed
- Blane Bargoed
- Clwyd y navi? Hur
- Clyn y Mule Plot
- Coed y bannau?
- Cwm Blacks
- Cwmcoedcae
- Engine house
- Fos-y-fran Pil
- Grawath?
- Heolywormod
- Iohuff?
- Ioubarmouth ?
- Limekiln
- Parish Road
- Pen y uwch? Vawr?
- Pen y yard field
- Pentrebach Long Row
- Penycaebach
- Phiphisso? house (shiphand)
- Plymouth Lodge
- Plymouth Office
- Plymouth Row
- Pwllywedd (sic)
- Scybor Newydd
- Tairso inches?
- Trebetha
- Twyn or Lwyn-yr-Eos
- Upper Clyn Mul
- Wernlas
District 15.
[remains of Heolywermod hamlet]
- Duffryn Cottage
- Heolywermod
- New Row
- Pentrebach Forge Houses
- Pentrebach Long Row
- Pentrebach New Row
- Taibach
- Taibach Row
- Tram road
- Workshop? Row
District 16.
[Forest Hamlet, Gilfach rincil, Troedyrhiw farm, to river Taff.]
- Balcau
- Cilvach urincle Farm
- Duffryn Old Engine
- Duffryn uchaf
- Nant yr odyn
- Pont y reen
- Quarry Row
- Taran? Cottage
- Tondaylwyn?
- Troedyrhew (sic)
- Tyntaldon?
District 17.
[rest of Forest Hamlet]
- Beacon?
- Blaen bargoed
- Blaen y cwm
- Brynrhedyn?
- Cefn y forest
- Cwm bargoed
- Cwm cothy
- Ffawydd oyr?
- Maes y gollen
- Mount Pleasant
- Nant y fedw
- Nantddu
- Pantanas
- Penlangae fawr
- Penlangaefach
- Penrywcwrig?
- Penygraig
- Pontygwaith
- Pwll glas
- Shop
- Tai'r lan
- Tir y Twppa
- Tram road house
- Troed rywgeifr
- Troedyryw
- Trwyn (sic) garreg
- Turnpike Gt. House
- Tynewydd
- Tynybanwan
- Tynyllwyn
- Tynywith (sic)
- Tyrywain?
- Ynis Owen
- Yr Hendafarn
District 18.
[from Nantygwenith, Turnpike Rd., Taff by Cyfartha Office north of Gellydeg Hamlet.]
- Coad (sic) Meyrick
- Com Capal (sic)
- Com Wain Newith
- Cyfartha (sic)
- Finger Post (publican's home)
- Gelly Deg Farm
- Gellydeg
- Nant y genith (sic)
- Nant y gwenith
- Pen Leval
- Pen Rue
- Pont Capal (sic)
- Transh Pach (sic)
District 19.
[Heolgerrig to Coal Canal, Penyrheol, George town to Aberdare Road.]
- Brynteg
- Caeberthcelin
- Clwyd fagwr
- Coedca Brynteg
- Directing Post
- Gellideg Bird? (beer housekeeper)
- Heolgerrig
- Mountain
- Penllwynderi
- Penyrheol
- Tair Canol
District 20.
[west of Aberdare Rd., George town, Rhydycar from Mountain to Taff.]
- Blane Canned (sic)
- Blane Canned mill
- Colliery Row,
- Cwmdy
- Cwmglo
- Drift
- Hendra Fawr
- Lime Kiln House
- Llwyn y cellin (sic)
- Llyn (sic) yr Eos
- Lower Wern
- Mountain House
- Old Six Bells
- Parliament Lock
- Pen y cae
- Pen y codca (sic)
- Pencoedcae y wern
- Penyrheol
- Penyrheol Factory (woollen)
- Rhydycar Engine House
- Rhydycar Farm Houses
- Rhydycar Square
- Ty yn y coed
- Upper Colliers Row
- Wern
- Wern Fach
- Ynysfach Yard (coke?)
District 21.
[hamlet part south of district 20]
- Abercaned (sic)
- Colliers Row Lower
- Gethyn
- Glyndyrus
- Glyndyrus Cottage
- Glyndyrus Farm
- Graig
- Graig Colliery
- Graig Lower
- Kethin
- Pen lan
- Wain Wyllt
District 22.
[From Ynysfach, Iron Bridge, West Lane, Tram road to Taff.]
- Bridgefield Terrace
- Canal House
- Dynevor Street
- Iron Bridge
- Tram road
- West Lane
- Ynisfach
District 23.
[3 streets]
- George Street
- John Street
- Richard Street
District 24.
[Trevor and Cyfarthfa streets.]
- Chapel Row
- Cyfarthfa Lane
- Cyfarthfa Row
- Cyfarthfa Street
- Cyfarthfa Warehouse
- Trevor Street
District 25.
[Heolgerrig and Chapel streets.]
- Court out of Chappel (sic) Street
- Heol y Gerrig (sic)
- Nant y Gwenith
- Nant y Gwenith back road
- Patriot Street
District 26.
[Hamlet of Taff and Cynon]
Generic Taff and Cynon hamlet name used for all residences.
District 27.
[[Twynyrodin, Coedcae yn Court]
- Coedcae yn court
- Tommy Caerpilly's Houses
- Twynyrodin
District 28.
[Twynyrodin, Tram road, Machine House.]
- Tram Road
- Twyn Hir
- Twyn yr rhod din (sic)
[Last Updated : 11 Nov 2008 - Gareth Hicks]