Whitchurch and Llandaff Living Issue 56
Winter 2019/20 issue of the award-winning Whitchurch and Llandaff Living.
Winter 2019/20 issue of the award-winning Whitchurch and Llandaff Living.
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<strong>Whitchurch</strong> & Ll<strong>and</strong>aff<br />
Through Time<br />
In our historical series, Steve Nicholas takes a look at life in <strong>Whitchurch</strong><br />
<strong>and</strong> Ll<strong>and</strong>aff North in bygone eras. In this issue, he features some<br />
then <strong>and</strong> now photos of some local viewpoints<br />
Glamorgan Canal near the Melingriffith, now Ty Mawr Road, <strong>Whitchurch</strong> Construction of the canal started in 1790<br />
<strong>and</strong> it ran from the coalfields of Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Docks. Today, limited traces of the canal remain, about<br />
one half being covered by the A470 Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil trunk road, which was constructed in the 1970s. The<br />
section from Tongwynlais to the Melingriffith Tin Plate Works at <strong>Whitchurch</strong> has been retained in water <strong>and</strong> was<br />
used for fishing, but is now the Glamorganshire Canal local nature reserve. In addition, there are a few bridges <strong>and</strong><br />
locks that still remain.<br />
<strong>Whitchurch</strong> Police Station The station on Bishop's Road was built in 1908 <strong>and</strong> demolished in 2003. Housing<br />
developers acquired the l<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> in 2007, they built eighteen apartments there called Bishops Gate.<br />
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