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Pentyrch railway station

disused railway station in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ112072527 ↗
Source-derived summary

Pentyrch railway station served the village of Pentyrch, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1840 to 1863 on the Taff Vale Railway.

History

The station was opened on 9 October 1840 by the Taff Vale Railway. It closed on 22 June 1863.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Pentyrch railway station” as disused railway station in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1840, 1863—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Pentyrch, railway and station can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as disused railway station in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales, UK. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q112072527. Authority coordinates are 51.523, -3.255. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1840 and 1863.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Pentyrch railway station”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Pentyrch railway station primary sources, Pentyrch railway station archive and Pentyrch research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Pentyrch railway station”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Pentyrch railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.