blaenau

Updated: May 1, 2025

Cardiff, Swansea, and Newport became important ports; and places that few had ever heard of before like Ystradyfodwg or Blaenau Ffestiniog became the centres of important industries. But, in 1832, Wales was still mainly pastoral and agricultural; and the Act, though it did much for the towns, left the representation of the counties in the hands of the same class.

Sir Owen Morgan Edwards - Short History of Wales