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The Ordnance Survey began producing six inch to the mile (1:10,560) maps of Great Britain in the 1840s, modelled on its first large-scale maps of Ireland from the mid-1830s. This was partly in response to the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 which led to calls for a large-scale survey of England and Wales.
22 October – Blantyre mining disaster: Scotland's worst-ever mining accident kills over 200. [3] 3 December – the original Mount Stuart House on the Isle of Bute is burned down. Ex-President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant tours his ancestral Scotland. [4] The rebuilt Ardverikie House in Badenoch, designed by John Rhind, is completed. [5]
South Wales (Welsh: De Cymru [ˌdeː ˌkəmri]) is a loosely defined region of Wales bordered by England to the east and mid Wales to the north. Generally considered to include the historic counties of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire , south Wales extends westwards to include Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire .
12 March – Britain annexes Walvis Bay in South Africa. [1] 14 March – former Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas dies in exile in Southampton. [1] 15 March – English cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1876–77: the first Test cricket match takes place between England and Australia. [2]
Map of North Wales; common modern day definition in dark red, historical definition in dark red and light red (Montgomeryshire). Map of South Wales, defined either by combining South East and South West Wales (dark red); or the historic definition (dark red and light red); there are other definitions.
By 1877 local Ordnance Survey maps show the site of the iron works as ruins, [5] but there are continued historical references to the two blast furnaces at Pontrhydyfen until 1902. [3] George Yates' Map of the County Glamorgan shows Coal mining just south of Oakwood on the West slopes of Moel y Fen and Mynydd Bychan by 1799. [6]
Coal mining in the South Wales Coalfield was a dangerous occupation with lifelong health implications. [15] Between 1849 and 1853, miners over the age of 25 in the Merthyr Tydfil district were found to have a life expectancy of around 20 years lower than in other mining areas of England and Wales. [16]
1877 in The United Kingdom Scotland Elsewhere: This article is about the particular significance of the year 1877 to Wales and its people. Incumbents