Trehafod Explained

Country:Wales
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Rhondda and Pontypridd
Official Name:Trehafod
Static Image Name:Trehafod Road, Trehafod - geograph.org.uk - 413554.jpg
Static Image Width:250
Coordinates:51.6096°N -3.3811°W
Unitary Wales:Rhondda Cynon Taf
Lieutenancy Wales:Mid Glamorgan
Constituency Westminster:Rhondda and Pontypridd
Post Town:PONTYPRIDD
Postcode District:CF37
Postcode Area:CF
Dial Code:01443
Os Grid Reference:ST044909
Population:698
Population Ref:(2011)[1]

Trehafod is a village and 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.[2] (The earlier name Hafod [3] 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).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Community population 2011. 15 November 2015.
  2. Web site: Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics.
  3. News: Rhondda Place-Name Alteration. . Rhondda Leader . 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. . 12 November 1904 . 11 September 2008 .

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