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    Cwmpennar

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    Cwmpennar
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    Cwmpennar is located in Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Cwmpennar
    Cwmpennar
    Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf
    OS grid referenceSO 0407 0005
    Community
    • Mountain Ash
    Principal area
    • Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Preserved county
    • Mid Glamorgan
    CountryWales
    Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
    Post townMOUNTAIN ASH
    Postcode districtCF45
    Dialling code01443
    PoliceSouth Wales
    FireSouth Wales
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    Wales
    Rhondda Cynon Taf
    51°41′27″N 3°23′21″W / 51.690955°N 3.3892530°W / 51.690955; -3.3892530

    Cwmpennar (or Cwm Pennar) is a small village in Mountain Ash which is situated in the Cynon Valley, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.

    Cwmpennar lies opposite a former coal mining pit. Cwmpennar is part of the Cefnpennar District Welfare Association (CDWA). On 2 May 1867 an explosion took place at Cwmpennar Pit.[1]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Fairley, William (1868). Glossary of terms used in the coal-mining districts of South Wales, Bristol and Somersetshire. p. 4.


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