See also
Bryn Mawr (disambiguation) for other places with this name. Brynmawr (sometimes hyphenated to Bryn-mawr in
Welsh — meaning "big hill") is a market town in south
Wales. The town, nestled at the head of the
South Wales Valleys, grew during the arrival of the mining and iron industries in the early 1800s . It was originally a small village settlement called Gwaen Helygen. With the expansion of the Nant-y-glo (meaning stream of coal) Ironworks housing was required for the workers and Brynmawr turned into a prosperous town. Although coal mining has declined, a large mining museum is nearby. Today it has an estimated population of over 14,000 people, very few of whom speak
Welsh.
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