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Penrhys Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Penrhys

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Penrhys history

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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.

You can visit Penrhys places with Walkfo Penrhys to hear history at Penrhys’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Penrhys has 44 places to visit in our interactive Penrhys map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Penrhys, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Penrhys places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Penrhys & the surrounding areas.

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44 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Penrhys places to visit

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Penrhys has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Penrhys’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Penrhys’s information audio spots:

Ton Pentre F.C. Ton Pentre Football Club plays in the Ardal Leagues South West, the third level of Welsh league football. Nicknamed the “Rhondda Bulldogs”, the team plays at Ynys Park, Ton Pente, Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Ystradyfodwg Ystradyfodwg was an ancient upland parish in Glamorgan, Wales. It is believed to have been named after a 6th-century saint or chieftain. The Parish included most of the area which would later be known as Rhondda.

River Cynon River Cynon (Welsh: Afon Cynon) in South Wales is a main tributary of the Taff. Its source is the rising of Llygad Cynon at Penderyn, Rhondda Cynon Taf and flows roughly southeast. The water emerging at the Cynon is traced back to the sink of the Nant Cadlan at Ogof Fawr.

District of Rhondda Rhondda was one of six local government districts of Mid Glamorgan from 1974 to 1996. The district was created from parts of Ystradyfodwg, Llanwonno and Llantrisant parishes in 1877. It was renamed Rhondada Urban District in 1897 after the River Rhonda.

Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda is a health facility on Partridge Road, Llwynypia. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Llwynypia Hospital Llwynypia Hospital was a health facility in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It was managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Cambrian & Clydach Vale B.&G.C. Cambrian & Clydach Vale Boys & Girls Club is a Welsh football club. The club was founded in 1965 as Cambrian United and joined the Welsh Football League in 2005. The side finished in promotion positions in Divisions Three and Two in successive seasons.

St Anne’s Church, Ynyshir St Anne’s Church is located in the Welsh village of Ynyshir in the Benefice of Tylorstown in the Rhondda Valley. It dates from the 1880s.

River Rhondda The River Rhondda is a river in South Wales. It has two major tributaries, Rhondda Fawr (meaning big Rhonddda) and Rhondada Fach (meaning little Rondda) Rhonda Fawr is the largest river in Wales.

Cefn Gwyngul Cefn Gwyngul is a long broad ridge in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough in South Wales. Its 470m high summit is marked by an ancient cairn known as Carn-y-Pigwn. Much of the hill is cloaked by modern forestry plantations.

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