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词条 Ystrad
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  1. Description

  2. Religion

  3. Governance

  4. Sport and leisure

  5. Residents of note

  6. External links

  7. References

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Ystrad (also known as Ystrad Rhondda or Ystrad-Rhondda) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in the Rhondda Fawr valley, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

Description

As a community and ward Ystrad contains the neighbouring district of Gelli. Ystrad is a former coal mining village which was once housed the most profitable collieries belonging to the Cory brothers.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

Ystrad is long and narrow, a main road where most amenities can be found, and a series of smaller residential streets lined with the terraces associated with the area. The majority of housing stock is the classic South Wales valleys terrace with infills of new build. {{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}

The Rhondda Fawr River runs through the village, separating it from Gelli on the southern bank.

Like most former coal mining communities in the South Wales Coalfield, Ystrad is remarkably self-contained. There is a very strong community in Ystrad Rhondda - a common feature of these mining towns. The Ystrad Rhondda railway station is on the Rhondda Line opened by British Rail.

Religion

The oldest Baptist chapel in the Rhondda, and originally known as Ynysfach Chapel, Nebo was located at Ystrad.[2] It was demolished in the early 1980s.

The Church of St Stephen is part of the Church in Wales Parish of Trealaw with Ystrad Rhondda with Ynyscynon in the Diocese of Llandaff. The church was built in 1895-1896.

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Governance

The Ystrad electoral ward is coterminous with the borders of the Ystrad community[3] and elects two county councillors to Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. From 1995 to 2004 it was represented by Plaid Cymru. Between 2004 and 2017 it was represented by the Labour Party[4] though at the May 2017 election Plaid Cymru re-took the ward.[5]

Sport and leisure

Ystrad is home to rugby union team Ystrad Rhondda RFC, a Welsh Rugby Union affiliated team who play in the 2nd tier of the Welsh rugby leagues. It is also the location of the Rhondda Sports Centre.

Residents of note

  • Jill Evans, Plaid Cymru MEP
  • Ben Bowen Thomas, civil servant and educationalist
  • Mel Hopkins, Wales international football player
  • Rex Willis, Wales rugby union captain and British Lion
  • Ernest Zobole, artist
  • Michael Griffiths, Wales rugby union and British Lion
  • Nathan Jones, Welsh footballer and manager

External links

  • Slaters Commercial Directory: Treherbert and Ystrad-Rhondda
  • [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2738939 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Ystrad and surrounding area]
  • Welsh Coal Mines website - check out the histories of the local pits

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11131104&c=CF41+7TG&d=16&e=62&g=6495298&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1447773062112&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=17 November 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Pillars of Faith website|url=http://www.pillars-of-faith.com/chapels2.php?RecNo=59|accessdate=21 January 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title=Election maps |publisher=Ordnance Survey |accessdate=27 October 2018 }}
4. ^Rhondda Cyon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012, The Election Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
5. ^[https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Council/Votingandelections/Electionresults/CountyBoroughCouncilElections2017.aspx County Borough Council Elections 2017], Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
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3 : Communities in Rhondda Cynon Taf|Villages in Rhondda Cynon Taf|Wards of Rhondda Cynon Taf

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