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Wattstown

1887 in Wales1905 disasters in the United Kingdom1905 in Wales1905 mining disasters19th-century mining disasters
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Lower Bailey St, Wattstown geograph.org.uk 952440
Lower Bailey St, Wattstown geograph.org.uk 952440

Wattstown (Welsh: Aberllechau) is a village located in the Rhondda Valley in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Located in the Rhondda Fach valley it is a district of the community of Ynyshir. Prior to mid 19th century industrialisation the area was once little more than a wooded area, sparsely populated by farmsteads. With the coming of the coal industry Wattstown became a busy, densely populated village, but with the closure of the collieries Wattstown suffered an economic downturn that still affects the village today. Wattstown is named after Edmund Hannay Watts, who at one time owned the National Colliery in Wattstown.

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Aberllechau Road,

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Aberllechau Road
CF39 0PA , Ynyshir
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Lower Bailey St, Wattstown geograph.org.uk 952440
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