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Cardiff fires
Here, in chronological order, is a selection of some of the bigger fires that have happened over the years in Cardiff. Excluded are fires in domestic buildings, fires caused by …
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Cardiff Arms ParkWestgate StreetThe story of Cardiff’s ‘fields of praise’ is as good an example as any of the parlous state of the capital of Wales in the 21st century:1766: …
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HospitalsVarious locationsBefore the Anglo-Norman invasion and conquest, begun in the 12th century and finally accomplished in the 16th century, Wales was a pioneer in the understanding of natural healthiness, the …
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Power StationsWorking Street, Eldon Road, Colchester AvenueThe first public supply of electricity in Cardiff was a speculative endeavour of the Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation. The business, founded in 1876 …
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Town HallsVarious locationsFollowing the Norman conquest of lowland Glamorgan at the end of the 11th century, the derelict fort beside the River Taff that had been abandoned by the Romans …
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Bute West DockThe idea of constructing a dock at Cardiff established itself in the materialistic mind of the 2nd Marquis of Bute (1793-1848) during the 1820s when his advisers persuaded …
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Printing WorksVarious locationsWhen London media giant Trinity Mirror closed its Cardiff printing operation in 2017, the event was largely ignored in the city. The state-of-the-art print works in Pacific Road, …
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Guildford Crescent BathsGuildford CrescentThe 1846 Public Baths & Wash-Houses Act gave local authorities the power to raise money through rates to build much-needed public baths. But Cardiff’s councillors declined to …
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GreyfriarsGreyfriars RoadDuring the 13th century the Dominicans (Black Friars) and the Franciscans (Grey Friars) established religious houses just outside the town walls of Cardiff; the Black Friars near the West …
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Board SchoolsVarious locationsIn 1870 the Liberal government of William Gladstone (1809-1898) passed the Elementary Education Act, the first attempt by the British State to establish a basic public education system …