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Tonypandy Data Recovery
| Tonypandy | |
 Tonypandy Square |
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  Tonypandy
Tonypandy shown within Wales |
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| Population | 3,495 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | |
| Principal area | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Ceremonial county | Mid Glamorgan |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TONYPANDY |
| Postcode district | CF40 |
| Dialling code | 01443 |
| Police | |
| Fire | |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| EU Parliament | Wales |
| UK Parliament | Rhondda |
| List of places: UK • Wales • | |
Tonypandy
Tonypandy is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan, Wales, lying in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. A former industrial coal mining town, today Tonypandy is best known as the site of the 1910 Tonypandy Riot.
Pre-industrial history
The Tonypandy area contains several prehistoric sites, the main one being Mynydd y Gelli. Located to the north-west of the town, the remains of an Iron Age settlement Hen Dre'r Gelli lies on the slopes of Mynydd Y Gelli hill between Tonypandy and Gelli. Near the same location are several Bronze Age cairns.[2]
Tonypandy is also the site of one of the only two permanent Middle Ages fortifications found within the Rhondda Valley. Named Ynysygrug, it was a lesser motte and bailey earthwork defence. The fortification appears to have consisted of a wooden tower surrounded by a small fortified courtyard.[3] Placed around the 12th or early 13th century, the remains of the fortification were mostly destroyed when the town's railway was constructed in the 1800s. Over the past two hundred years, the fortification had been wrongly thought to be the burial place of Rhys ap Tewdwr or a druidic worship site.[3]
The regional library service recounts that the name 'Tonypandy' means the meadow of the fulling mill which was established there in 1838. "E. D. Lewis in his work The Rhondda Valleys provides us with an outline history of the mill that once stood in Tonypandy, and from which the town took its name".[4]
Industrial era
In the mid-19th century, the Rhondda began its industrial transformation after the successful excavation of coal. With the extension of the Taff Vale Railway to Treherbert and Maerdy in 1856, the Rhondda grew as absentee landlords switched their interests from farming to mining. Tonypandy, unlike the surrounding villages, grew as a financial and social hub, providing services and amenities for the neighbouring communities.
Amenities
It is one of the principal shopping areas in the Rhondda and has many shops to cater for all needs. A 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) Asda has recently opened on the site of the old Scotch Colliery, creating 300 jobs.
The town is served by Tonypandy railway station.
Sports and recreation
Tonypandy has an athletics ground named King George's Field, after King George V.
Notable people
Boxer Tommy Farr, the "Tonypandy Terror", trained there, living in adjoining Clydach Vale
Brothers Donald Houston and Glyn Houston - both were actors
Willie Llewellyn, Welsh national rugby captain and three times Triple Crown winner
Gordon Mills, songwriter and music manager
Stuart Richardson, bassist for Welsh rock band Lostprophets
George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy was raised in nearby Trealaw
Bibliography
Davis, Paul R. (1989). Historic Rhondda. Ynyshir: Hackman. ISBN 0950856634.
