Taff-Ely

Taff-Ely (Welsh: Taf-Elai) was a local government district in Wales from 1974 to 1996. It was formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the urban district of Pontypridd, along with Llantrisant and Llantwit Farde Rural District, the Taff's Well ward of Caerphilly urban district, the Llanilterne and Pentyrch parishes from Cardiff Rural District and Llanharan, Llanharry, Llanilid and Peterson-super-Montem parishes from Cowbridge Rural District. The district was named after the River Taff and the River Ely. In 1996 the district was abolished, with most going to the new Rhondda Cynon Taff unitary authority, with the Pentyrch community going to Cardiff. [1]

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Principal areas established in 1996	Anglesey • Blaenau Gwent • Bridgend • Caerphilly • Cardiff • Carmarthenshire • Ceredigion • Conwy • Denbighshire • Flintshire • Gwynedd • Merthyr Tydfil • Monmouthshire • Neath Port Talbot • Newport • Pembrokeshire • Powys • Rhondda Cynon Taff • Swansea • Torfaen • Vale of Glamorgan • Wrexham
Counties and districts 1974 - 1996	CLWYD: Alyn and Deeside • Colwyn • Delyn • Glyndŵr • Rhuddlan • Wrexham Maelor DYFED: Carmarthen • Ceredigion • Dinefwr • Llanelli • Preseli Pembrokeshire • South Pembrokeshire GWENT: Blaenau Gwent • Islwyn • Monmouth • Newport • Torfaen GWYNEDD: Aberconwy • Arfon • Dwyfor • Meirionnydd • Ynys Môn - Isle of Anglesey MID GLAMORGAN: Cynon Valley • Merthyr Tydfil • Ogwr • Rhondda • Rhymney Valley • Taff-Ely POWYS: Brecknock • Montgomeryshire • Radnorshire SOUTH GLAMORGAN: Cardiff • Vale of Glamorgan WEST GLAMORGAN: Lliw Valley • Neath • Port Talbot • Swansea
Counties established before 1889	Anglesey • Brecknockshire • Caernarfonshire • Cardiganshire • Carmarthenshire • Denbighshire • Flintshire • Glamorganshire • Merionethshire • Monmouthshire • Montgomeryshire • Pembrokeshire • Radnorshire