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42 relations: Aberdare, Anthracite, Birmingham, Board of Trade, Brecon, Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway, Brecon Forest Tramroad, Broad-gauge railway, Cardiff, Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Craig-y-Nos Castle, Crown Estate, Eardisley, Edward Watkin, Fan Gyhirych, Fforest Fawr, Great Western Railway, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford, Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway, Hirwaun, John Christie (industrialist), John Dickson (railway contractor), Llangammarch Wells, London and North Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Manchester, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid-Wales Railway, Midland Railway, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Neath and Brecon Stephensons, Onllwyn, Overend, Gurney and Company, Railways Act 1921, Sennybridge, Severn Tunnel, South Wales Railway, Swansea Canal, Vale of Neath Railway, Ystalyfera.
Aberdare
Aberdare (Aberdâr) is a town in the Cynon Valley area of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, at the confluence of the Rivers Dare (Dâr) and Cynon.
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Anthracite
Anthracite, often referred to as hard coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a submetallic luster.
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Board of Trade
The Board of Trade is a British government department concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade.
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Brecon
Brecon (Aberhonddu), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town and community in Powys, Wales, with a population in 2001 of 7,901, increasing to 8,250 at the 2011 census.
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Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway
The Brecon and Merthyr Tydfil Junction Railway (B&MR) was a railway company in Wales.
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Brecon Forest Tramroad
The Brecon Forest Tramroad is an early nineteenth century tramroad, or rather a network of connecting tramroads or waggonways, which stretched across the hills of Fforest Fawr in the historic county of Brecknockshire (modern administrative county of Powys) in south Wales, UK.
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Broad-gauge railway
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge broader than the standard-gauge railways.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.
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Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is a former coal mine, now operating as a museum.
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Craig-y-Nos Castle
Craig-y-nos Castle (English: Rock of the Night), is a Victorian-Gothic country house in Powys, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is a collection of lands and holdings in the United Kingdom belonging to the British monarch as a corporation sole, making it the "Sovereign's public estate", which is neither government property nor part of the monarch's private estate.
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Eardisley
Eardisley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire about south of the centre of Kington.
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Edward Watkin
Sir Edward William Watkin, 1st Baronet (26 September 1819 – 13 April 1901) was a British Member of Parliament and railway entrepreneur.
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Fan Gyhirych
Fan Gyhirych is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales.
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Fforest Fawr
Fforest Fawr is the name given to an extensive upland area in the county of Powys, Wales.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Hay-on-Wye
Hay-on-Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll or just Y Gelli), often abbreviated to just "Hay", is a small market town and community in the historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales, currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys.
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Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England.
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Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway
The Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway (HH&BR) was a railway company that built a line between Hereford in England and a junction with the Mid-Wales Railway at Three Cocks Junction.
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Hirwaun
Hirwaun (Welsh "Long Meadow") is a village and community at the north end of the Cynon Valley in the County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales.
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John Christie (industrialist)
John Christie (1774–1858), was an early industrialist born in Scotland.
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John Dickson (railway contractor)
John Dickson (c1819-1892), was a railway contractor responsible for the promotion, construction and operation of several railway lines in England and Wales, especially in and around Swansea.
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Llangammarch Wells
Llangammarch Wells or simply Llangammarch (Llangamarch) is a village in the community of Llangammarch in Powys, Wales, lying on the Afon Irfon.
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London and North Western Railway
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.
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London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS)It has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.
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Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway (MS&LR) was formed by amalgamation in 1847.
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Merthyr Tydfil
Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is a large town in Wales, with a population of about 63,546, situated approximately north of Cardiff.
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Mid-Wales Railway
The Mid-Wales Railway (MWR) was an early railway company operating in Mid-Wales.
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Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.
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Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal
The Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal (Camlas Sir Fynwy a Brycheiniog) is a small network of canals in South Wales.
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Neath and Brecon Stephensons
The Neath and Brecon Stephensons were 0-6-2T tank locomotives introduced into traffic on the Neath and Brecon Railway in 1904 from a Rhymney Railway design.
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Onllwyn
Onllwyn is a small village in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, near Seven Sisters.
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Overend, Gurney and Company
Overend, Gurney & Company was a London wholesale discount bank, known as "the bankers' bank", which collapsed in 1866 owing about £11 million, equivalent to £ million in.
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Railways Act 1921
The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, move the railways away from internal competition and retain some of the benefits which the country had derived from a government-controlled railway during and after the Great War of 1914–1918.
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Sennybridge
Sennybridge (Pont Senni) is a village in the historic county of Brecknockshire, Wales, now within the unitary authority area of Powys, situated some from Cardiff and from Swansea.
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Severn Tunnel
The Severn Tunnel (Twnnel Hafren) is a railway tunnel in the United Kingdom, linking South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales under the estuary of the River Severn.
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South Wales Railway
The South Wales Railway (Rheilffordd De Cymru) was an early main line which connected the Great Western Railway near Gloucester with South Wales.
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Swansea Canal
The Swansea Canal (Welsh: Camlas Abertawe) was a canal constructed by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794 and 1798, running for from Swansea to Hen Neuadd, Abercraf in South Wales.
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Vale of Neath Railway
The Vale of Neath Railway was a broad gauge railway company, that built a line from Merthyr Tydfil and Aberdare to Neath, in Wales, chiefly to transport the products of the Merthyr iron industries to ports on Swansea Bay.
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Ystalyfera
Ystalyfera is a former industrial village in the upper Swansea Valley, on the River Tawe, about north-east of Swansea.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neath_and_Brecon_Railway
