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Aberfan Cemetery

In or near Maerdy.

Aberfan Cemetery — Municipal cemetery in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales.

Aberfan Cemetery

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Aberfan Cemetery is a cemetery in south. Established 1876. (Municipal cemetery in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales.) According to Wikipedia: "Aberfan Cemetery is a cemetery near the village of Aberfan, Merthyr Tydfil. It is one of five cemeteries in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, and is particularly well known for the graves of 144 victims of the Aberfan disaster in 1966, when a colliery coal tip collapsed and killed many people in the village of Aberfan."

Coordinates
51.6915, -3.3482
Established
1876

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