THE OGMORE VALLEY

LOCAL HISTORY & HERITAGE SOCIETY

Tel: 01656 842 258

EMAIL: ovlhs@ovlhs.co.uk

Timelines

Timeline Pre 1800

From the end of the last ice when the Ogmore Valley was formed by glacier action to Iolo Morganwg’s Eisteddfod. 10,000 BC The end of

Timeline 1801 – 1900

From the coming of the railways and the sinking of the first coal mines to the industrialisation of the Ogmore Valley.   1805 Coal Mining

Timeline 1901 – 2000

From the prosperous days of the beginning of the 20th C. to the decline and eventual closure of the coal industry leading to high unemployment.

Timeline 2001 – Present Day​

From the beginning of the new millennium up the the present day the Ogmore Valley has seen continued to see investment creating a better, more

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