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By the way, if you are wondering what the C1 codes are for - this is how they are actually referred to in the Local Government Act 1972.

It creates counties in England and Wales, and districts in the metropolitan counties, and all the Welsh counties. But it doesn't actually name any of the districts! These were specified by an order made by the Secretary of State later on.

Additionally, all the non-metropolitan districts were created in another order later on. I don't have the reference for this, and fear it isn't in print, anyway.

  • GT1 - Newport - town
  • GT2 - Islwyn - Mynyddislwyn (mountain) in Gwent, grid ref ST195945, name also taken as bardic name by Welsh poet long before the constitency, and as Roy Hughes when he became a Lord.
  • GT3 - Blaenau Gwent Erm, "heads/ends of the valleys of Gwent"? Ish? :) The A465 road along the heads of the valleys is ffordd y blaenau in Welsh.
  • WG1 - Swansea - city
  • WG2 - Lliw Valley - river Lliw (flows parallel to Tawe then into Llwchwr; there's two Lliw reservoirs)
  • WG3 - Neath - town (in turn named after river Neath)
  • WG4 - Port Talbot - town (Talbots not a river! -- a cadet branch of Shrewsburys, apparently)