Nantgarw

Village in south Wales, 8 km/5 mi northwest of Cardiff, spanning the boundary of Caerphilly and Rhondda Cyon Taff county boroughs. It is situated in the Taff valley. Nantgarw gives its name to a hard-paste porcelain once produced here. The site of the former porcelain factory later became used as a processing plant for coal and coke, and is now occupied by a hypermarket.

Nantgarw porcelain was produced here by Samuel Walker and his father-in-law William Billingsley in 1811. With the assistance of William Weston Young, work continued until 1819 when Young bought the factory. Characteristic decorations were paintings of birds and flowers in bright colours.