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Aberystwyth / United Kingdom

Aberystwyth , Welsh: [abɛˈrəstʊɨθ] ; literally 'Mouth of the Ystwyth') is a town in Ceredigion, Wales, located near the confluence of the River Ystwyth and the Afon Rheidol. Aberystwyth is in the historic county of Cardiganshire. Since the late 19th century, it has been a major Welsh educational centre, with the establishment of a university college in 1872. At the 2001 census, the population of the town was 15,935. This reduced to 13,040 at the 2011 Census. During nine months of the year, there is an influx of students.Including the suburbs of Llanbadarn Fawr, the population is 16,420, the built-up area having a population of 18,749.

Cyfarthfa Castle

Aberystwyth / United Kingdom

Cyfarthfa Castle is a castellated mansion that was the home of the Crawshay family, ironmasters of Cyfarthfa Ironworks in Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. The house commanded a view of the valley and the works, which ‘at night, offer a truly magnificent scene, resembling the fabled Pandemonium, but on which the eye may gaze with pleasure’. Cyfarthfa loosely translates from the Welsh for place of barking. The reason is hunting dogs were regularly heard in this area of the town, hunting polecats and weasels among others. Despite appearing to be a fortified building, it is a house built in the style of a large mansion with a large kitchen, bake house and dairy, billiard room, library, and a range of reception rooms. In addition, there is a brew house, icehouse and extensive storage cellars that used to contain over 15,000 individual bottles of wines and spirits such as Sherry, Champagne, Whiskey, Brandy, Madeira Wine, and over 7,500 bottles of port. Adjoining the building were also stable blocks and coach houses. The castle stands in 158-acre of parkland, now called Cyfarthfa Park and maintained by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.