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Penrhys history
Early History
Three Bronze Age funerary sites have been identified in the locality of Penrhys, with the cemetery at Erw Beddau (English: Acre of graves), also associated with a latter battle between Iestyn ap Gwrgant and Rhys ap Tewdwr (c. 1085–88) The community was named Pen-Rhys-ap-Tewwdwr, or Rhys-Rhyn-ap. The traditions state that Rhys was either beheaded at the site, or that his head was interred there.
Centre of Pilgrimage
Penrhys was a popular pilgrimage site throughout the Late Middle Ages. Fynnon Fair (English: Mary’s Well), the holy well that still exists today. Edward II of England took refuge here in 1326, prior to his eventual capture.
Industrial Penrhys
In 1904 the mining population of Rhondda was over 110,000 and still expanding rapidly. The threat of smallpox had become a concern to the Medical Officer of Health. In 1906 the Health Committee purchased three acres of land at Penrhys. The smallpox hospital was completed in 1907 and served all of South Wales. In the 1970s the building was deemed unnecessary and was burnt to the ground in 1971.
Modern Village
The village of Penrhys was first developed in 1966 as a new council housing development. Built between 1966 and 1969 by Alex Robertson, Peter Francis & Partners, the houses consisted of short two and three storey terraces with cement rendered concrete walls and monpitch roofs. When it was officially opened in 1968, it consisted of 951 houses, at the time the largest public sector housing venture in Wales.
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