15-603: Ely Valley may refer to: The valley of the River Ely in South Wales surrounded by the communities of Tonyrefail, Gilfach Goch, Llantrisant, Pontyclun, Llanharan and Llanharry A community sports park in Tonyrefail Ely Valley Railway , a Welsh railway line Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-507: A cycleway beside the river, known as the Ely Trail . The benefits are to allow people from urban western Cardiff easier access to the countryside, and for people in rural areas to have another commuting option into the city centre. The River Ely passes through the following: Miskin Miskin ( Welsh : Meisgyn ) is a village approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Llantrisant in
45-492: A huge impact on the small hamlet of New Mill. The census of 1861 shows that New Mill had become a village, its population now 83 people in 17 households, and of these residents 17 were iron ore miners. By the early 1870s New Mill had become the village of Miskin, with the village centre being based around the inn, which is now The Miskin Arms pub . The name change from New Mill to Miskin was brought about by Judge Gwilym Williams, and
60-474: Is in South Wales flowing generally southeast, from Tonyrefail to Cardiff . The river is about 24 miles (39 km) long. The Ely's numerous sources lie in the mountains to the south of Tonypandy , near the town of Tonyrefail , rising in the eastern slopes of Mynydd Penygraig ( Penygraig ) and Mynydd y Gilfach ( Penrhiwfer ) and the western slopes of Mynydd Dinas ( Williamstown ), whose eastern slopes feed
75-454: Is a closed pedestrian tunnel under the mouth of the Ely. The tunnel opened in 1900 replacing a chain ferry , and was used by workers at Cardiff Docks and Penarth Dock . It was closed in 1965. The Ely has had a long history of moderate to severe pollution from which it is now recovering. Prior to the 1980s it had received large volumes of poorly treated or untreated sewage from the urban areas in
90-606: Is faced with green Quarella stone outside and in. Of note are three stained glass windows by Jessie Bayes , to members of the Williams family. There is also a large Roman Catholic church, All Hallows, on the outskirts of the village. The Miskin Mill site has been the location of a water driven corn mill for most of the last 400 years. Since 1929 it has been used by the Scouting movement for camping and training. The nearest railway station
105-708: The Rhondda by Porth . The source of the Ogwr Fach lies just to the west. After flowing through Tonyrefail and through the grounds of the Royal Glamorgan Hospital at Ynysmaerdy , it follows the A4119 road through the valley pass formed between Mynydd Garthmaelwg, to the west and Llantrisant , to the east. Flowing through Talbot Green , the Ely is joined by the Afon Clun at Pontyclun . Although numerous smaller streams join
120-543: The county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf , Wales. The origin of the village was a small hamlet known as New Mill, which grew up around New Mill farm. Miskin is part of the Pontyclun electoral ward . The 1841 census records the settlement (originally a small hamlet by the name of New Inn) as having a population of 31. The opening of the Bute and Mwyndy iron ore mines in nearby Talbot Green , in 1852 and 1853 respectively, had
135-639: The building of the church were raised by public donations and events, notably the Grand Fete at Miskin Manor which raised over £1,000, with the majority of the funds coming from Emma Eleanor Williams, Gwilym Williams' widow. The church was licensed on 23 December 1907 and consecrated by Right Rev Timothy Rees , Bishop of Llandaff, on Sunday 23 April 1933. St David's Church was designed by local architect E. M. Bruce Vaughan and has been described as 'earnestly handsome'. The church has an over-buttressed square tower, and
150-798: The passage of migratory fish. The recovery of the river since that time owes much to the regulatory effort of the NRA , and more lately the Environment Agency Wales , and to the massive capital investment made by Dŵr Cymru / Welsh Water . As the pollution of the river abated, so fish populations slowly returned to the river from the many small tributaries. Roach , Brown trout , perch , chub , eel , grayling , sea trout and salmon and more recently some barbel . The river has flooded its banks on several occasions including 2008 when 27 homes were flooded, and in 2011, 2012 and in 2020. The Countryside Council for Wales and Cardiff Council have developed
165-761: The river, the Clun is its only large tributary. The Ely turns to the southeast on reaching the Vale of Glamorgan alongside the South Wales Main Line immediately south of Miskin and after being traversed by the M4 motorway , it flows through farmland. It passes the St Fagans National History Museum and continues towards Cardiff and Ely ( Welsh : Trelái ) before flowing under the Vale of Glamorgan Line and into Cardiff Bay at Penarth Marina . The Ely Subway
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#1732856005845180-488: The title Ely Valley . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ely_Valley&oldid=792024502 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages River Ely The River Ely ( Welsh : Afon Elái )
195-417: The valleys. Even after the construction of sewage treatment works at Miskin and Rhiwsaeson , the quality of the effluent continued to cause pollution until the late 1980s. These problems were exacerbated by the highly polluting discharge from Coedely coke ovens . At the mouth of the river, the effluent a large paper mill rendered large parts of the estuary anoxic for most of the tidal cycle preventing
210-405: The village's population as 144, with more than half of the miners being immigrants from the depressed copper mining county of Cornwall . A church has stood on the site of the current St David's church since 1878. Originally of corrugated iron construction, it was replaced by the current stone church in 1906–07. The land on which the church was built was owned by the Williams family. Funds for
225-403: Was taken from the medieval commote of Miskin . Williams, a staunch Welsh patriot, lived at Miskin Manor (built 1864), a Victorian L-plan mansion in a neo-Tudor style. By the 1870s several ironstone mines are evident to the north of the village, and the village's population continued to grow, as skilled miners rather than heavy labourers were needed to extract the ore. The 1871 census records
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