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Maerdy in the Parish of Ystradyfodwg

Archives and Libraries

• Maerdy Library
  North Terrace
  Maerdy
  CF43 4DD
  

Church Records

The church is dedicated to All Saints, is in the Benefice of Ferndale with Maerdy, and the diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be located at grid reference ST974985.

Description and Travel

Historic Landscape Characterisation: The Rhondda - on the CADW site.  
Fully explore the site - there are separate detailed sections for places in the area

Maerdy - on the Old UK Photos site

Maerdy - on Wikipedia

Occupations

Mardy-Rhondda Colliery on the Miners' Advice site

Maerdy Colliery on the Welsh Coal Mines site

Maerdy Community Study on the South Wales Coalfield Collection site - details of oral interviews

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Maerdy Lodge    1886-1959        "was a branch of the National Union of Mineworkers (South Wales Area). Maerdy Lodge represented the interests of miners working at Mardy Colliery. In 1919, Arthur Lewis Horner was elected checkweigher of the colliery and as such became a member of the Lodge committee. A noted socialist, Horner encouraged the Lodge to support the Communist Party of Great Britain. The Lodge became increasingly political and soon earned the nickname of 'Little Moscow' as a result of its strong relationship with the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the Soviet Union. ....................................."  
• Maerdy Workmen's Hall and Institute       "Minute books 1918-1939, 1946-1957; financial records 1918-1964; Secretary's correspondence and papers 1923-1957."

Maerdy in the Parish of Ystradyfodwg

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