Trefforest
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| Treforest | |
| Welsh: Trefforest | |
  Treforest shown within the United Kingdom |
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| Population | 5,072 (2001)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Ceremonial county | Mid Glamorgan |
| Constituent country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PONTYPRIDD |
| Postcode district | CF37 |
| Dialling code | 01443 40 |
| Police | |
| Fire | |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| European Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Pontypridd |
| Welsh Assembly | Pontypridd, South Wales Central Electoral Region |
| List of places: UK • Wales • | |
Trefforest (English: Treforest) is a small village to the south-east of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales situated in the Treforest ward along with the village of Glyntaff.
The village is historically connected with the Crawshay family who established a major tinplate works in 1835. Trefforest is now known for its association with the University of Glamorgan, originally established as The School of Mines at Treforest in 1913.[2]
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[edit] Transport
Trefforest has one railway station, Trefforest. (Trefforest Estate is in The Willowford area between Tonteg and Nantgarw). The station is located on the Merthyr and Rhondda lines.
[edit] Education
Trefforest is home to two primary schools, Parc Lewis and St. Michael's, though a third school, Trefforest Primary, closed in 2006 despite the petitions from parents, governors and local councillor as a result of a process commenced by the 1999-2004 administration on the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. The University of Glamorgan's Trefforest campus is located in the village.
[edit] Culture
The population of Trefforest consists substantially of students living away from home, who often leave the village during the summer months and return in the new academic year. Notable bars and pubs in the area include 'The Forest' (or as its formally known, the cot), 'Toms bar', named after singer Tom Jones and Flagstones tapas bar.
[edit] Notable people from Trefforest
Tom Jones
Trefforest is the birthplace of singer and 1960s and 1970s sex symbol, Tom Jones, who was born in Laura Street, Trefforest. It is widely known that Tom has a telephone box in his Las Vegas home from Wood Road, Trefforest, which he imported as a souvenir of Wales. Although Tom Jones is "Wales favourite son", he has come under scrutiny recently for failing to help or respond to the demolition of Trefforest primary school in 2007.
Morfydd Llwyn-Owen
Morfydd Llwyn-Owen (1891-1818) was a Welsh composer born in Trefforest and educated at the Royal Academy of Music, London.[3] She wrote hymns, choral music and orchestral works often inspired by Welsh literacy and folk songs. In 1917 she married psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, but she died the following year at the age of 26.
[edit] Tourist attraction
A notable tourist attraction, The World of Groggs is on the Broadway in Trefforest.
[edit] Places of worship
A number of places of worship exist in Trefforest, meeting the requirements of the diverse faiths in the village. The University of Glamorgan offers a chaplaincy service, which occasionally provides services in conjunction with Castle Square United Reformed Church. Other Christian churches in the village include St Dyfrig's Roman Catholic church off Broadway and Calvary Baptist Church off Wood Road.
[edit] References
- ^ Office of National Statistics
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg896 ISBN 9780708319536
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg639 ISBN 9780708319536
