Tag: Merthyr Tydfil
The Cyfarthfa Philosophical Society
The end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century saw the rise of local ‘literary and philosophical institutions’ throughout the British Isles. They aimed to bring together like-minded people to discuss issues of the day. The label ‘philosophy’ usually meant not logic or metaphysics, but an interest in the latest developments in […]
Esther Grainger
We’re in Merthyr Tydfil to spend an afternoon in Cyfarthfa Castle and its estate, above the town to the north-east. The house was built as a home by the Crawshay family, owners of one of the town’s great ironworks in the nineteenth century. ‘Castle’ is the right word for it. Stone turreted and battlemented, it […]
