In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rhydri like this:
RUDDRY, a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan; 2¼ miles E by S of Caerphilly r. station. Post-town, Caerphilly, under Cardiff. Acres, 2, 639. Real property, £3, 236; of which £846 are in mines. Pop., 329. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. There is a mineral spring. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Bedwas, in the diocese of Llan-daff. The church is not good.
Rhydri through time
Rhydri is now part of Caerphilly district. Click here for graphs and data of how Caerphilly has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rhydri itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rhydri, in Caerphilly and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8737
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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