Treharris

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Treharris is a small town in the very south of the Welsh county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan in South Wales, United Kingdom. It is located around 1 km west of Trelewis, from which it is separated by the Taff Bargoed river.

Today Treharris has a population of 11,000 (2001 Census).

[edit] History

The community was formed around Harris's Navigation Colliery, which begun coal mining excavations in 1878. The colliery and village were named after F. W. Harris and his Harris Navigation Steam Coal Company. Ownership transferred to the Ocean Coal Co. Ltd. in 1893 - so called because the pit supplied the coal for the transatlantic ocean liners, including the Cunard Line. The pit became known as Deep Navigation Colliery and remained in production until 1991.

Treharris Athletic is the local football (soccer) team, once winners of the Western League in 1910, who now ply their trade in the Welsh Football League.

[edit] External links

Old Merthyr Tydfil: Treharris - Historical Photographs of the Community.
More old photos
Treharris on Genuki
Treharris Mini & Junior rugby website

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