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|population= 816<ref>''The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales''. [[John Davies (historian)|John Davies]], [[Nigel Jenkins]], Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg750 ISBN 9780708319536</ref>
| population = 698
| population_ref = (2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129830&c=CF37+2NG&d=16&e=62&g=6494746&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1447602717406&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=15 November 2015}}</ref>
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'''Trehafod''' is a village and [[community (Wales)|community]] in the [[Rhondda]] Valley, between [[Porth]] and [[Pontypridd]] in the [[county borough]] of [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]], Wales, with a population of 698 in the 2011 census.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/reports/localarea?compare=W04000705|title=Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics}}</ref>(The earlier name ''Hafod'' <ref name="Hafod">{{cite news |url= https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3828636/3828641 |title= Rhondda Place-Name Alteration. |newspaper=Rhondda Leader |quote= Owing to the inconvenience caused in the postal arrangements by the duplication of the name Hafod, a letter was addressed by the clerk of the Pontypridd Council to the Postmaster-General asking that the district under the Council's area should be known as Trehafod. At a meeting of the Council on Tuesday afternoon, the Postmaster intimated that the change would take place on and after January 1st, 1905. |date=12 November 1904 |accessdate=11 September 2008 }}</ref> was altered in 1905 to avoid confusion with [[Hafod]] near Swansea. Until then, Trehafod (first record of the name is found in 1851) had been part of Hafod).<ref name="Trehafod">{{ |url= https://www.facebook.com/groups/263839124470/search/?q=HAFOD%20%2F%20TREHAFOD |title= HAFOD / TREHAFOD. |quote= Trehafod was built on land of Hafod-uchaf alias Hafod-fawr. The settlement of Trehafod is recorded in 1851, 1870 and 1885. |date=12 November 1904 |accessdate=5 October 2020 |</ref>
'''Trehafod''' is a [[village]] in the [[Rhondda]] Valley between [[Porth]] and [[Pontypridd]] in the [[county borough]] of [[Rhondda Cynon Taff]], [[Wales]], although in administrative terms is split between the electoral division of Cymmer (Rhondda) to the West and Rhondda (Pontypridd) to the East. A former coal mining area, the village is now best known as the site of the [[Rhondda Heritage Park]], a tourist attraction reflecting industrial life of coal mining Rhondda.▼
 
▲'''Trehafod''' is a [[village]] in the [[Rhondda]] Valley between [[Porth]] and [[Pontypridd]] in the [[county borough]] of [[Rhondda Cynon Taff]]Administratively, [[Wales]], although in administrative termsTrehafod is split between the electoral division of Cymmer (Rhondda) to the Westwest and Rhondda (Pontypridd) to the Easteast. A former coalcoalmining mining areacommunity, the village is now best known as the site of the [[Rhondda Heritage Park]], a tourist attraction reflectingcommemorating industrialthe lifeRhondda ofValley's coalcoalmining miningculture Rhonddaand local history.
 
Spelling variants found in the past are Trehavod (an English spelling, using "v" instead of "f") and Trefhafod (a hypercorrect Welsh form, using the conservative literary form "tref" instead of the colloquial, and more modern literary form, "tre").
 
== History ==
[[Image:Lewis Merthyr Colliery.jpg|left|thumb|The Lewis Merthyr Colliery now part of the Rhondda Heritage Park]]
The 1847 [[tithe maps|tithe map]] of the area shows a number of farms on the area that was to become Trehafod,; these were named, Hafod Uchaf, Hafod Ganol, and Hafod Fawr. It was from these farms that Trehafod was to take its name. ''Hafod'' is a [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word that can mean "summer dwelling" or "upland farm".
 
"Hafod" is a Welsh word literally meaning "summer dwelling", and refers to an upland farm (from the practice of taking cattle up the hillside from the valley floor to graze in the summer months) (haf = summer, bod = dwelling, with soft mutation of [b] to [v] of the second element (bod) after a noun used as an adjective equivalent in attributive position (haf)).
[[Trehafod railway station]] lies on the [[Rhondda Line]] which follows the [[River Rhondda]]; the railway line and river border the village on either side.▼
 
Tre (literally “town”) was used in the eighteen-hundreds in industrial areas for a street or streets of workers’ housing (equivalent to English “town” or “ville”, which are used similarly).
Trehafod is now most famous for the Rhondda Heritage Park which was once the Lewis Merthyr colliery, at the peak time for [[coal mining]] production, one of the most productive collieries in the [[South Wales Coalfield]]. ▼
 
▲[[Trehafod railway station]] lies on the [[Rhondda Line]] which follows the [[River Rhondda]];. theThe railway line and river border the village on either side.
Due to the river flowing very close to a lot of houses within the village there have been a number of floodings. The biggest floods were in 1960, which claimed the life of one man who lived in Afon street. ''Afon'' is a [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word that means ''river''. In most streets, the whole lower level of buildings was submerged by water. Other years that floodings have occurred were 1921, 1929, 1979 and most recently in the mid 1990s. In the late 1990s the Trehafod stretch of the Rhondda river bank was reinforced, in an effort to prevent future floodings.
 
▲Trehafod is now most famous for the Rhondda Heritage Park, whichformerly wasknown onceas the Lewis Merthyr collieryColliery, which at the peak time for [[coal mining]] production, was one of the most productive collieries in the [[South Wales Coalfield]].
The village was visited by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Queen Elizabeth II]] on 13 June 2002 during her Jubilee tour of the UK. Other royal guests who have visited in the past include [[George V of the United Kingdom | King George V]] and [[Mary of Teck | Queen Mary]] in 1912.
 
Trehafod also boasts Barry Sidings Countryside Park, which is known colloquially as "the lakes" in reference to the park's two ponds. Barry Sidings is a popular destination for local families and dog walkers; its features include nature paths, a small waterfall, ducks, carp, frogs, and a café. Largely situated in Trehafod, the park feeds into Pontypridd and is frequented by walkers heading there.
==External links==▼
 
*[http://leonhughes.dns2go.com:81/photos/Rhondda/Trehafod/default.asp Pictures of events in Trehafod]▼
===Flooding===
*[http://webapps.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk/Libraries/heritagetrail/rhondda/trehafod/trehafod.htm Trehafod]▼
The village has frequently suffered flooding from the river, the most serious of which claimed the life of an Afon Street resident in 1960.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} (''Afon'' is Welsh for 'river'.) Flooding also occurred in 1921, 1929, and 1979, after which the Rhondda River bank was reinforced. "The 1979 flood overtopped the banks of the River Rhondda just downriver from Trehafod, and floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of Colliery Street and Great Street, flooding many properties. A major river improvement scheme was completed in 1985, but the village has still suffered significant flooding since, including in February 2020.<ref>[http://www.environmentdata.org/archive/ealit:3337/OBJ/20001882.pdf Taff Catchment Management Plan Consultation Report], April 1995. National Rivers Authority, Welsh Region</ref>
*[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk Welsh Coal Mines website - research the local pit history]▼
*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2793252 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Trehafod and surrounding area]▼
 
==References==
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▲==External links==
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▲*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070312005828/http://leonhughes.dns2go.com:81/photos/Rhondda/Trehafod/default.asp Pictures of events in Trehafod]
▲*[http://webapps.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk/Libraries/heritagetrail/rhondda/trehafod/trehafod.htm Trehafod]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
▲*[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk Welsh Coal Mines website - research the local pit history]
▲*[httphttps://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2793252 www.geograph.co.ukImages'', :within photos10km of Trehafod, and surrounding areaRhondda,Cynon,Taff'']
 
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