Bedlinog View Traditional Cache
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This is a straightforward cache and you can drive up the narrow lane from Taff Bargoed Park, Trelewis to save some walking.
You will enjoy a lovely view of Bedlinog from this location.
Origins of the name
There have been a number of suggestions over the years, the most popular being Bedd-Llwynog (grave of the fox) The area contained many a fox’s lair and attracted many huntsmen.
Another popular interpretation is Bedw-Llwynog (Birch grove)
Some have even suggested BeddLlynog ( Cynogs grave).
Cynog was a 6th century Celtic saint, who lived at the same time as Saint David, Patron saint of Wales.
History
The village grew rapidly with the sinking of the pits, with the building of pubs, schools and places of worship. By the First World War the population of Bedlinog had risen to 5,000.
The Bedlinog Colliery was sunk in 1874 by the Dowlais Iron Company, at a cost of £131,000. It consisted of No.1 Pit (582 yards deep) and No.2 Pit (580 yards deep).
The nearby Nantwen pit was opened in 1883 to increase bituminous coal supplies to the Dowlais Works. Together with the No. 8 Colly Level, they produced over 3,000 tons of coal per week.
The 1920's saw a rapid decline of the coal industry in the area, due to depletion of profitable seams, and a decline in demand.
During the 1930's, the industrial unrest at Taff Merthyr Colliery brought Bedlinog to national attention. Fighting on behalf of the S.W.M. Federation to uphold members democratic rights and defeat Company Unionism, Bedlinog was the scene of serious rioting.
Police were sent from Liverpool and Bristol, and a number of local people received prison sentences.
Only the deeper and more modern collieries were able to survive the difficulties of the
1920's and 30's. All Bedlinog collieries belonging to G.K.N. (as the Dowlais Iron, Steel and Coal Company became) were closed in 1924. Many miners found work, however, in the new nearby colliery at Taff Merthyr. Bedlinog Drift survived until 1956.
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