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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Forchaman like this:
FORCHAMAN, a hamlet in Aberdare parish, Glamorgan; at the confluence of the Amman and the Cynon, 5½ miles SSW of Merthyr-Tydvil. Real property, £54, 871; of which £16, 718 are in mines, £15, 000 in ironworks, £90 in railways, and £480 in gas-works. See Aberdare.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to Forchaman by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Cwmaman | 0 | 1 |
| Aberaman | 0 | 2 |
| Maerdy | 0 | 1 |
| Aberdar | 3 | 2 |
| Ferndale | 0 | 1 |
| Cynon | 0 | 2 |
| Cwmdare | 0 | 2 |
| Cefnpennar | 0 | 2 |
| Tylorstown | 0 | 1 |
| Rhondda | 0 | 8 |
| Treorchy | 0 | 1 |
| Ystrad Rhondda | 0 | 3 |
| Middle | 0 | 2 |
| Tonpentre | 0 | 1 |
| Llwydcoed | 0 | 2 |
| Treherbert | 0 | 2 |
| Cwmparc | 0 | 1 |
| Llwynypia | 0 | 1 |
| Mountain Ash | 0 | 2 |
| Penrhiw Ceibr | 0 | 1 |