Tanyfron
Tanyfron (
History
Tanyfron developed largely in order to provide accommodation for the families of
A church dedicated to
There were also formerly two nonconformist chapels, Mynydd Seion (Wesleyan, built in 1896) and Cana (Congregationalist).The colliery was served by two railways, a spur of the
The Vron Colliery suffered financial problems throughout its history and was eventually closed in 1930;[4] the colliery spoil tips, known locally as the "Bonc" (from the Welsh word for "hillock"), were finally cleared in the late 1980s. The major local employer, the Steelworks, expanded across the hillside to Tanyfron in 1976, but closed in 1990 with serious economic effects for the village.
Harold Tudor (1908-1988), the British Council official credited with starting the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, was born in Tanyfron, where his parents lived on St Alban's Road.[9]
The village today
Tanyfron still has both a small primary school and St Alban's church. Some housing development has taken place in the village, and in the village of Vron, during the 1990s and after. This led to protests in 2006 when the former school playing field was sold off for residential development.[10]
As of 2010, St Alban's church has been closed, and has been put up for sale by the Church in Wales.[11]
References
- ^ The preferred standard spelling in both English and Welsh by the Welsh Language Commissioner."Standardised Welsh Place names". www.welshlanguagecommissioner.wales. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Area: Wrexham 006A (Lower Layer Super Output Area) Archived 12 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Office for National Statistics
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ a b Welsh Coal Mines, accessed 10-03-10
- ^ Rees, D. The industrial archaeology of Wales, David & Charles, 1975, p.115
- ^ William Low Archived 2005-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, BBC Wales
- ^ The Welsh spelling has in recent years been used for the village of Fron; locally it is generally referred to as "the Fron".
- ^ St Albans, Tanyfron Archived 2009-01-11 at the Wayback Machine, Clwyd Family History Society
- ^ http://www.llangollen.com/eist4.html Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Llangollen International Eisteddfod: The People who Made it Happen
- ^ Residents protest at homes plan, BBC Wales, 12-03-2006
- ^ St Alban's, Tanyfron[permanent dead link], Church in Wales