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Tonyrefail in the Parish of Llantrisant
"TON-YR-EFAIL, a place in the E of Glamorgan; 6 miles from Pontypridd." [From John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) on Vision of Britain]
"TONYREFAIL is a village 4 miles north from Llantrisant, with a station on the Llantrisant and Penygraig section of the Great Western railway. It is an ecclesiastical parish formed in 1912 from Llantrisant civil parish, and comprises Tonyrefail, Coedely, Gilfach Goch and Thomas Town, and is in the Pontypridd division of the county of Glamorgan, hundred of Miskin, petty sessional division of Lower Miskin, union and county court district of Pontypridd, and rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Llandaff. The church of St. David's, erected in 1902 at a cost of £3,500, is a building of stone in the Gothic style,...an organ was installed in 1909; there are 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1912. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £340 in the gift of the Bishop of Llandaff and the Board of Patronage, ... There are English and Welsh Baptist, United Methodist, Calvinistic Methodist and Congregational chapels. In this district is the Llantrisant cemetery. " [From Kelly's South Wales Directory 1923 (ArchiveCDBooks) - transcribed by Gareth Hicks]
Archives and Libraries
High Street
Tonyrefail
CF39 8PG
Cemeteries
The Glamorgan Family History Society have produced a set of microfiche containing Monumental Inscriptions for the following burial grounds :-
- Ainon Welsh Baptist Chapel
- Capel-y-Ton Calvinistic Methodist Church
Church Records
For full and up-to-date details of their holdings see the sites of Glamorgan Record Office and/or West Glamorgan Archives
The Parish of Tonyrefail with Gilfach Goch - contains local transcriptions
Tonyrefail contains two Anglican churches :-
| Non Conformist Registers Deposited at the Glamorgan Record Office, Cardiff | ||||
| Chapel | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials | OS Map Ref |
| Ainon, Baptist | - | 1936-1976 | - | ST 00768828 |
Description and Travel
Tonyrefail - on Tonyrefail.org - lots of genealogy related content and more
Tonyrefail - on the Rhondda Cynon Taf Libraries Heritage Trail site
You can see pictures of Tonyrefail in the Parish of Llantrisant which are provided by:
Directories
Transcript of complete name listing for Llantrissant, with Brynsadler, New Mill and Tonyrefail, from the Post Office Directory, for 1871
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Tonyrefail in the Parish of Llantrisant has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Land and Property
Collenna estate - Building leases of land in Tonyrefail 1859-1883 - at W Glamorgan Archives (Neath Mechanics' Inst)
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Collection of deeds for property in Tonyrefail "The deeds relate to the ownership and tenancy of a shop on Mill Road, Tonyrefail, lying within the Collenna Estate"
- Collenna Estate papers "Building leases of land in Tonyrefail, 1859-1883; deeds and documents relating to minerals at Gilfach-goch in the parish of Ystradyfodwg, 1853-1875; deeds relating to trusteeship of estates on behalf of William Jones of Craigavon and Painswick, Gloucestershire, 1851-1869."
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST013882 (Lat/Lon: 51.583984, -3.425936), Tonyrefail in the Parish of Llantrisant which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- OpenStreetMap Cymru (Welsh counties only)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Military History
War Memorial to WWI and WWII (and subsequently) at Trane Cemetery. Contributed by Martin Atkins, 2001
Occupations
Cilely Colliery (between Edmundstown and Tonyrefail) on the Welsh Coal Mines sit