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Trelewis is a small village in the Taff Bargoed Valley of south-east Wales, currently located in the southern part of
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Merthyr Tydfil County Borough () is a Principal areas of Wales, county borough in the South East Wales, south-east of Wales. In , it had an estimated population of , making it the smallest local authority in Wales by population. It is located in ...
. It is a former mining village and together with nearby Bedlinog was until 1974 part of the Gelligaer Urban District Council area of the county of
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. The villages name means 'Lewis Town' and was named after the Lewis family who owned a farm on the area where the village is now built.


Location

It is around north of
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, south of Bedlinog, and around east of the Treharris, from which it is divided by the Taff Bargoed river. It lies north of the town of
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, west of
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, and south of
Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil () is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. It is about north of Cardiff. Often called just Merthyr, it is said to be named after Tydfil, daughter of K ...
. The village is at an altitude of .


Government

Trelewis is in the Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, which covers the villages of Trelewis and Bedlinog. The Bedlinog & Trelewis Ward is the only electoral area within the
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council () is the governing body for Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, one of the Principal Areas of Wales. History The parish of Merthyr Tydfil was governed by a local board from 1850 until 1894, when it was replace ...
area with a Community Council. The Council was created in 1974 by the former Gelligaer Urban District Council prior to its abolition and the subsequent transfer of Trelewis and Bedlinog into the Merthyr administrative area upon local government reorganisation in that year, to which most people in Bedlinog and Trelewis were opposed.


History and amenities

During the latter nineteenth century, a coal mine opened in the village which led to a large expansion of the village. In 1878 the Trelewis school opened, this was replaced in 1984 with a new modern school. There is a freight-only railway line, the Taff Bargoed branch opened in 1876 of the former
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and
Rhymney Railway The Rhymney Railway (RR) was a railway company in South Wales, founded to transport minerals and materials to and from Colliery, collieries and ironworks in the Rhymney Valley of South Wales, and to docks in Cardiff. It opened a main line in 18 ...
, running through the village and this line carries coal from Ffos-y-fran opencast colliery. Bedlinog is to the north of Trelewis on this line, whilst
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is to the south. Trelewis Welfare, a former member of the
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, played in the village. Trelewis also has a park and an outdoor bowls club, Trelewis Welfare Outdoor Bowls which was founded in 1932, and following the closure of Treharris Bowling Club, merged in 2017 to form Trelewis & Treharris Welfare Outdoor Bowls Club.


Location grid


References


External links


Old Merthyr Tydfil: Trelewis
- Historical Photographs of Trelewis.
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Trelewis and surrounding area
Villages in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough {{Merthyr-geo-stub