Glamorgan

Glamorgan's flag

Glamorgan, also known as Glamorganshire is a county in Wales in the west of Great Britain. Glamorgan was a medieval kingdom. Its capital is Cardiff.

The county is home to over a million people, which is more than one third the total of Wales. It contains the cities of Cardiff, Swansea and most of the valleys that are famous for coal mining in the past.

Glamorgan Media

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  County flag of Glamorgan

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  Glamorgan shown within Wales

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  Glamorgan shown within the United Kingdom

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  County of Glamorgan Shield

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  Parc Cwm long cairna Neolithic chambered tomb on the Gower Peninsula
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  St Lythans burial chambera Neolithic portal dolmen in the Vale of Glamorgan
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  Tribes of Wales at the time of the Roman invasion(The modern border with England is also shown)
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  Caerphilly castle, c. 1812.

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  Hand-drawn map of Glamorgan by Christopher Saxton from 1576

Other websites

• Glamorgan Record Office
• Glamorgan Family History Society Archived 2014-08-19 at the Wayback Machine