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Wales (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Wales => Glamorganshire => Topic started by: ronaldaroo on Wednesday 29 March 06 14:41 BST (UK)
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Glamorgan or Glamorganshire?!
Ronald John Saunders
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Both. Glamorgan is used more widely today. I think Glamorganshire was used much more of the past.
* The names of these counties were generally formed from the names of the most populous market towns in the relevant areas, with the addition of the English "shire" (from the Anglo Saxon "scir" or "scire", a province).
The old county of Glamorganshire lost its south-eastern portion to the new County Borough of Newport and the remainder has been divided up into to new the administrative districts of Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, Bridgend, Glamorgan (District), Rhondda-Cynon-Taff, Merthyr Tydfil, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and the City of Cardiff.
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Just found this...
Glamorgan
Three counties of south Wales – Mid Glamorgan, South Glamorgan, and West Glamorgan – created in 1974 from the former county of Glamorganshire. All are on the Bristol Channel. In 1996 Mid Glamorgan was divided amongst Rhondda Cynon Taff, Merthyr Tydfil, Bridgend, and Vale of Glamorgan; South Glamorgan was divided amongst Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan; and West Glamorgan was divided into Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.
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