Tonyrefail
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Tonyrefail | |
Population | 8,919 |
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OS grid reference | |
Principal area | Rhondda Cynon Taff |
Ceremonial county | Mid Glamorgan |
Constituent country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARDIFF |
Postcode district | CF39 |
Dialling code | 01443 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
European Parliament | Wales |
UK Parliament | Rhondda |
List of places: UK • Wales • Rhondda Cynon Taff |
Tonyrefail is a village in South Wales. It was established in the second half of the 18th century.
Tonyrefail[1] is an historical town in Rhondda Cynon Taf.
It was once a busy town serving the communities of Coedely, Trebanog, Gilfach Goch and Tonyrefail itself. These days though it is a quiet residential town.
The eighteenth century terraced houses tell of its coal mining past and are a tribute to its refusal to die with the loss of the coal industry after the UK miners' strike (1984-1985).