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Ferndale
Ferndale is a town located in the Rhondda Valley in the county district of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. Neighbouring towns are Blaenllechau, Maerdy as well as Tylorstown. Ferndale was industrialised in the mid-19th century. The very first coal mine shaft was sunk in 1857 and was the very first community to be intensively industrialised in the Rhondda Valley. In Welsh, Ferndale is referred to as Glynrhedynog, the name of one of the old ranches on which the community is constructed. In its infancy Glynrhedynog was also referred to as Trerhondda after the name of the first large church to be integrated in the community. The naming of settlements after chapels prevailed in Wales at the time, as is shown in village names such as Bethesda, Beulah as well as Horeb, yet neither Glynrhedynog neither Trerhondda was destined to be made use of for long. Glynrhedynog is made from the words "glyn" implying valley as well as "rhedynog" implying ferny, and so coal from the Glynrhedynog pits was marketed as Ferndale coal, a much easier name for English purchasers to take in. The Ferndale pits are what attracted the labor force as well as their family members to the area, as well as by the 1880s "Ferndale" was well established as a flourishing town. With the phasing in of multilingual road indications from the late 1980s onwards, the name Glynrhedynog progressively re-emerged and also is currently the formally marked Welsh language name for Ferndale. The Welsh language is on the boost in Ferndale after the town adopted the English language during the Industrial transformation. A Welsh language institution is situated near the park and the school is called after the park's lake, 'Llyn-y-Forwyn.' (The Maiden's Lake).