Pentre
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Pentre | |
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Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf | |
Population | 5,232 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | SS968961 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Pentre |
Postcode district | CF41 |
Dialling code | 01443 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Rhondda | |
Pentre is a village,
Toponymy
Pentre village in Welsh, from pentref (pen head and tref town).
Early and industrial history
Pre-1850, the area which is now Pentre was made up of several scattered farms tended by tenant farmers for
On the 24 February 1871, 38 men are killed following an explosion at the colliery.[2]
By the early 20th century, Pentre was a busy town and the main shopping area for the upper Rhondda and was also the centre for local government, with the local council offices built in Llewellyn Street in 1882. Pentre is also home to St Peter's Church (1890),[3] the 'Cathedral of the Rhondda', the largest religious building in either valley.
Two of the most notable businesses to have existed in the Rhondda were both formed in Pentre; the Pentre Breweries and the Rhondda Engine Works.
Governance
The Pentre
Sport and leisure
The town also shares its border with the village of Ton Pentre, which is home to
Notable people
- Alan Curtis (born 1954) Welsh footballer won 35 caps for Wales
- Stan Griffiths (1911–2003), footballer
- Johnny Jones, Welsh flyweight boxing champion
- Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (1910 – 1998) Egyptologist and writer in the Welsh language
- Rhydwen Williams (1916–1997), poet and novelist, winner of the National Eisteddfod Crown
- Manchester Unitedassistant manager.
- John Cule, Welsh physician
References
- ^ "Community population 2011". Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1897. p. 593.
- ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
- ^ Rhondda Cyon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ County Borough Council Elections 2017, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 26 October 2018.