District of Rhymney Valley

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District of Rhymney Valley - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 51°36′54″N 3°13′44″W / 51.615°N 3.229°W

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Rhymney Valley Welsh: Cwm Rhymni

History
• Created	1 April 1974
• Abolished	31 March 1996
• Succeeded by	Caerphilly County Borough

Status	District

• HQ	Ystrad Mynach

Rhymney Valley (Welsh: Cwm Rhymni) was one of six local government districts in Mid Glamorgan from 1974 to 1996.

History

The district was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972. It covered parts of six former districts which were abolished at the same time, and was initially arranged into nine communities based on the former districts:

Bedwas and Machen, covering Bedwas and Machen Urban District
Caerphilly, covering Caerphilly Urban District less Taff's Well ward (which went to Taff-Ely)
Gelligaer, covering Gelligaer Urban District less Bedlinog ward (which went to Merthyr Tydfil)
Llanfedw‡
New Tredegar, covering the Aberbargoed, Cwmsyfiog, New Tredegar, and Phillipstown wards from Bedwellty Urban District (the rest of which went to Islwyn)
Rhydygwern‡
Rhymney, being the former Rhymney Urban District
Rudry‡
Van‡

‡Formerly a parish in Cardiff Rural District

Bedwas and Machen, New Tredegar, and Rhymney had been in the administrative county of Monmouthshire prior to the reforms, whilst the other communities had all been in Glamorgan. The Rhymney River was the historic boundary between the two counties. Mid Glamorgan County Council provided county-level services to the district.^[1]^[2]

The communities within the district were reorganised in 1985, which saw the small communities of Llanfedw and Rhydygwern abolished (both being absorbed into Rudry), and the creation of new communities of Aber Valley, Bargoed, Darran Valley, Llanbradach, Maesycwmmer, Nelson, and Penyrheol.^[3]^[4]

In 1996 the district was abolished, merging with neighbouring Islwyn to become the new unitary Caerphilly County Borough.^[5]

Political control

The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council from 1974 until its abolition in 1996 was held by the following parties:^[6]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1974–1976
	No overall control	1976–1979
	Labour	1979–1996

Bus operations

The district council inherited the municipal bus fleets of Bedwas and Machen, Caerphilly and Gelligaer urban district councils. The united operation was given a dark brown, cream and gold livery, and ran operations throughout the valley and into Merthyr Tydfil and Newport.

With bus deregulation in 1986 the buses passed to Inter Valley Link Limited, owned by the district council at "arms length". Competition was very strong in the South Wales Valleys, and Inter Valley Link was sold to National Welsh Omnibus Services on 21 March 1989. National Welsh subsequently went into receivership in 1991.

Premises

The council inherited various offices from its predecessor authorities. It consolidated its premises in 1983 at Ystrad Fawr House at Ystrad Mynach, a Victorian house which had previously served as offices for the National Coal Board.^[7]^[8]^[9] Ystrad Fawr continued to be used by the successor Caerphilly County Borough Council until 2008 when it was demolished to make way for the Ysbyty Ystrad Fawr hospital.

References

^ "Local Government Act 1972", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1972 c. 70, retrieved 6 October 2022
^ "The Districts in Wales (Names) Order 1973", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1973/34, retrieved 4 October 2022
^ The Rhymney Valley (Communities) Order 1984 (S.I. 1984/1875)
^ "Changes to Community and Community Ward Boundaries" (PDF). Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1994 c. 19, retrieved 13 October 2022
^ "Compositions calculator". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ "No. 49464". The London Gazette. 1 September 1983. p. 11531.
^ "Ystrad Mynach". Caerphilly Observer. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ Planning application 5/5/83/0129: Council chamber at Ystrad Fawr Offices, Caerphilly Road, Ystrad Mynach, granted 25 April 1983

v t e Local government districts of Wales 1974–1996
Clwyd	Alyn and Deeside Colwyn Delyn Glyndŵr Rhuddlan Wrexham Maelor
Dyfed	Carmarthen Ceredigion Dinefwr Llanelli Preseli Pembrokeshire South Pembrokeshire
Gwent	Blaenau Gwent Islwyn Monmouth Newport Torfaen
Gwynedd	Aberconwy Arfon Dwyfor Meirionnydd Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey
Mid Glamorgan	Cynon Valley Merthyr Tydfil Ogwr Rhondda Rhymney Valley Taff-Ely
Powys	Brecknock Montgomeryshire Radnorshire
South Glamorgan	Cardiff Vale of Glamorgan
West Glamorgan	Lliw Valley Neath Port Talbot Swansea
Geography Wales

v t e Council elections in the preserved county of Mid Glamorgan
Bridgend	1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Merthyr Tydfil	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Rhondda Cynon Taf	1995 1999 2004 2008 2012 2017 2022
Mid Glamorgan County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Cynon Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Ogwr	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Rhondda	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Rhymney Valley	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Taff-Ely	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

51°36′54″N 3°13′44″W / 51.615°N 3.229°W / 51.615; -3.229

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