43-573: Ynysangharad War Memorial Park is located in the town of Pontypridd , Wales. The area that now makes up the park was bought by the people of Pontypridd in 1919 after workers raised the money to establish the park. It was originally designed for those who lived in the surrounding area to have somewhere to relax from their work lives. The park is designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales . As
86-413: A "prompt response" from every "Welsh man or woman"; the money was quickly raised. The memorial was designed by Sir William Goscombe John and unveiled by Lord Treowen on 23 July 1930 before a crowd of 10,000 people. The monument consists of two life size bronze figures, one woman who represents poetry and a male harpist who represents music. There is an inscription under the memorial that reads: The lido
129-424: A hospital, Dewi Sant Hospital and acts as the headquarters of Transport for Wales Rail at Llys Cadwyn. Pontypridd Urban District Council operated from 1894 to 1974, when it was incorporated into Taff Ely Borough Council . That in turn came under the unitary Rhondda Cynon Taf Council in 1996. Pontypridd Town Council functions as a community council. Labour is the dominant political force and has been since
172-622: A memorial should be erected to both Evan and James James to remember the authors of the National Anthem and started a campaign to have one built. However the Senghenydd colliery disaster in 1913 and the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 stopped the campaign. Then in 1929 Rhys Morgan put an advert in the Western Mail appealing for money to have a memorial built, stating that he expected
215-645: A natural flow of power to Pontypridd. The establishment of Pontypridd over Treforest was finally confirmed with the building of the Glamorganshire Canal to serve the coalmines of the Rhondda Valley. However, the volumes of coal extraction soon led to construction of the Taff Vale Railway , which at its peak meant a train passed through Pontypridd railway station (including the freight lines immediately to its west) every two or three minutes. The station
258-649: A population of 2,919 also as of 2011. The town lies alongside the north–south dual carriageway A470 between Cardiff and Merthyr Tydfil. The A4054, running north and south of the town, was the former main road, and like the A470, follows the Taff Valley . South of the town is the A473 for Llantrisant and Pencoed . To the west is the A4058, which follows the River Rhondda to Porth and
301-546: Is located within the park. There is also a lido that was reopened on 31 August 2015 after it received funding, after being closed for two decades. In 1923 Field Marshal Viscount Allenby renamed the park the Ynysangharad War Memorial park in memory of the soldiers who died in the line of duty in the First World War . In November 2011 a war memorial was reopened in the park to remember the soldiers who died from
344-585: Is operated by Transport for Wales , which is headquartered in the town. It reflects the fewer destinations served since the Beeching and earlier cuts, with one up (valley) platform, one down (through) platform, a down bay platform (opened in December 2014), and one passing loop. A tram service began on 6 March 1905 from Cilfynydd through Pontypridd to Treforest. It gave way on 18 September 1930 to trolleybuses , which on 31 January 1957 were replaced by buses following
387-500: Is thought to have once been the longest in the world in its heyday. Pontypridd in the second half of the 19th century was a hive of industry, once nicknamed the " Wild West ". There were several collieries within the Pontypridd area itself, including: As well as deep-mined collieries, there were many coal levels and trial shafts dug into the hillsides overlooking the town from Cilfynydd, Graig, Graigwen and Hafod . The Albion Colliery in
430-415: Is twinned with Mbale , Uganda, since an official twinning ceremony in 2005, following links by local churches and health-care workers under the charitable Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust. Ivor Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen Major-General Ivor John Caradoc Herbert, 1st Baron Treowen , CB , CMG , KStJ (15 July 1851 – 18 October 1933), known as Sir Ivor Herbert, Bt , between 1907 and 1917,
473-611: The Falklands War . The memorial cost an estimated £80,000 to build and was completed thanks to fundraising appeals by local residents of Pontypridd. The park is designated Grade II on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales . In the park there is memorial to Evan James and his son James James who wrote Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau , the Welsh National Anthem. Evan James and his son James were weavers who lived in Pontypridd when they composed
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#1733093313607516-508: The Rhondda Valley beyond. The name Pontypridd derives from the name Pont y tŷ pridd , Welsh for "bridge by the earthen house", referring singly to successive wooden bridges that once spanned the River Taff at this point. Pontypridd is noted for its Old Bridge , a stone construction across the River Taff built in 1756 by William Edwards . This was Edwards's fourth attempt, and at
559-585: The River Rhondda meets the River Taff at one corner of the park, it is prone to flooding; a 1929 flood left the park severely flooded and led to the original layout of the park being changed to what it is today with the memorials being placed way from the River Taff. The memorials in the park include the War Memorial and the Evan and James James statues, as well as some smaller ones. A cricket ground, Ynysangharad Park ,
602-411: The 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment , and in 1912 he was granted the honorary rank of major-general. Herbert was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Monmouthshire from 1906 until 1917. In 1907 he was created a Baronet , of Llanarth and Treowen in the county of Monmouth. On 20 June 1917 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Treowen , of Treowen and Llanarth in
645-549: The CF38 postcode district, although the area is not considered part of Pontypridd. Pontypridd came into being because of transport, as it was on the drovers' route from the south Wales coast and the Bristol Channel , to Merthyr, and onwards into the hills of Brecon . Although initial expansion in the valleys occurred at Treforest due to the slower speed of the River Taff at that point, the establishment of better bridge building meant
688-713: The County of Monmouth. As a Catholic, he made efforts to remove Cromwell's Statue from Westminster. Lord Treowen was married on 31 July 1873 in London to the Honourable Albertina Agnes Mary Denison (22 September 1854 – 20 October 1929 London), youngest daughter of the Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough (himself a son of Henry Conyngham, 1st Marquess Conyngham and his wife, a mistress of George IV ) and his second and younger daughter by his second wife,
731-406: The First World War. The community elects 23 town councillors from 11 community wards: Cilfynydd , Glyncoch, Graig , Hawthorn , Ilan, Pontypridd, Rhondda , Rhydfelen Central, Rhydfelen Lower, Trallwng and Treforest. Pontypridd community comprises the town centre itself, with the following key villages/settlements: Pontypridd serves as the postal town for the community of Llantwit Fardre under
774-598: The Grenadier Guards in 1890. Later in 1890 he was granted the local rank of major-general while commanding the Canadian Militia , serving until 1895. In 1897 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in the Grenadier Guards, and commanded the Colonial Contingent during the 1897 Diamond Jubilee celebrations. His regimental service ended when he went on half-pay in 1898. He was promoted to substantive colonel and
817-577: The Khedive of Egypt , and received the brevet rank of major. He then again served as brigade-major of the Home District from November 1882 to 1883. In 1883 Herbert was promoted to captain in the Grenadier Guards, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in the Army. He was again seconded to serve as military attaché at St Petersburg in 1886, was granted the brevet rank of colonel in 1889 and promoted to major in
860-454: The National Anthem in 1856; James wrote the words while Evan composed the music. Although originally called Glan Rhondda (Banks of the Rhondda) it was quickly renamed Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers) when it gained huge popularity after being performed at the 1858 Llangollen National Eisteddfod . Unlike many anthems it was not written to represent a particular occasion in history, but by 1905
903-464: The Pontypridd area in the First World War and Second World War , as well as subsequent smaller wars like the Suez Crisis and the Falklands War . There was already a small memorial in the park to remember the soldiers who died, but it was decided that a roll of honour should also be erected so that the names of the dead would not be forgotten. The memorial consists of two parallel walls with the names of
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#1733093313607946-513: The considerable Llanover estate in Monmouthshire. He had two younger brothers, Edward Bleiddyn and Arthur (whose descendants still own Llanover today). Herbert was a British Army officer. In 1870 he purchased a commission as ensign in the Grenadier Guards , with the rank of lieutenant in the Army, and in 1874 he was promoted to lieutenant, ranking as a captain. In February 1882 he
989-512: The dead inscribed onto black granite plaques that run along each wall. There are 1,319 names on the memorial, which includes the names of 821 people who died in the First World War, and 491 who died in the Second World War. The memorial also includes the names of servicemen who died in the line of duty in Palestine, Korea and Suez Canal (Egypt) wars, and the four Welsh Guards who died during
1032-688: The electoral wards of Cilfynydd , Glyncoch , Graig , Hawthorn , Pontypridd Town, 'Rhondda', Rhydyfelin Central/Ilan, Trallwng ( Trallwn ) and Treforest . The town mainly falls within the Senedd and UK parliamentary constituency by the same name, although the Cilfynydd and Glyncoch wards fall within the Cynon Valley Senedd constituency and the Cynon Valley UK parliamentary constituency . This change
1075-685: The former Ursula Bridgeman (later Lady Otho FitzGerald ; she died 1883). Lady Treowen founded and was the first President of the Ottawa Decorative Art Society. She was President of the Woman's Humane Society, and the first President of the Humane Society of Ottawa, and, had cabmen's shelters erected in Ottawa. As a member of the Band of Mercy Union , in 1892, she championed a resolution protesting against
1118-549: The only surviving child and heir of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover (1802–1867) and his wife Augusta Hall, Baroness Llanover . The marriage took place on 12 November 1846 and two years later, the father and his brothers assumed the name of Herbert by royal licence as the senior branch of the Herbert family. (Ironically, no member of this family had been known by that name, so the Jones family
1161-731: The same route. Pontypridd is twinned with Nürtingen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany. Initial contact was made between them in 1965, with a visit by Côr Meibion Pontypridd Welsh male voice Choir to a choir called Liederkranz ("Coronet of Songs") based in the Oberensingen area of Nürtingen. The visit was returned a year later. Reciprocal choir visits have continued and the partnership prompted Pontypridd Urban District Council to join with Nürtingen in formal twinning relations, under an agreement signed in July 1968 by John Cheesman, Chairman of Pontypridd UDC, and Karl Gonser, Mayor of Nürtingen. Pontypridd
1204-420: The time of construction, was the longest single-span stone arch bridge in the world. Rising 35 feet (11 m) above the level of the river, the bridge forms a perfect segment of a circle, the chord of which is 140 feet (43 m). Notable features are the three holes of differing diameters through each end of the bridge, the purpose of which is to reduce weight. On completion, questions were soon raised as to
1247-400: The turnstile and the outdoor wooden changing rooms, were kept. New features were added, including a café, visitors centre, an observation deck, and heated changing facilities with internal and external showers for those who use the lido. While the old lido only had one large pool, the updated lido now includes a main pool alongside an activities pool and a splash pool for small children. The lido
1290-451: The use of the check-rein, and agreeing not to use or hire horses that were check-reined. She urged the erection of a national monument to Laura Secord . She was the honorary Secretary to an organization that raised a fund by the women of Canada to present a wedding gift to the Prince and Princess of Wales. Lord and Lady Treowen had two children. The estate Llanarth, near Llanover (also owned by
1333-560: The utility of the bridge, with the steepness of the design making it difficult to get horses and carts across. As a result, a new bridge, the Victoria Bridge, paid for by public subscription, was built adjacent to the old one in 1857. Pontypridd was known as Newbridge from shortly after the construction of the Old Bridge until the 1860s. The history of Pontypridd is tied to the coal and iron industries; before their development Pontypridd
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1376-719: The village of Cilfynydd in 1894 underwent one of the worst explosions in the South Wales coalfield, with the death of 290 colliers (see Keir Hardie ). Other instrumental industries in Pontypridd were the Brown Lenox /Newbridge Chain & Anchor Works south-east of the town, and Crawshay 's Forest Iron, Steel & Tin Plate Works and the Taff Vale Iron Works, both in Treforest near the now University of South Wales . The town has
1419-567: Was a British Liberal politician and British Army officer in the Grenadier Guards , who served as Officer Commanding the Militia of Canada from 1890 to 1895. He was made a baronet in 1907 and raised to a barony in 1917. Herbert was born at the family seat Llanarth Court , Llanarth in Monmouthshire , the eldest son of John Arthur Edward Herbert , formerly Arthur Jones, of Llanarth (1818–1895). In 1846 Ivor's father married Augusta Hall,
1462-492: Was a hamlet of a few farmsteads, with Treforest initially becoming the main urban settlement in the area. Sited at the junction of three valleys, it became an important location for transporting coal from the Rhondda and iron from Merthyr Tydfil , first by the Glamorganshire Canal , and later by the Taff Vale Railway , to the ports at Cardiff , Barry and Newport . Its role in coal transport lengthened its railway platform, which
1505-542: Was actually taking the name of a junior and more well-known branch, the Herbert earls of Powis descended from an ancient Welsh Catholic family). His mother was the Honourable Augusta Charlotte Elizabeth Hall, the only surviving daughter and sole heiress of Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron Llanover and his wife Augusta Waddington, better known as the Welsh cultural nationalist Lady Llanover , heiress of
1548-548: Was assistant adjutant-general on the Home District staff from 1898 until he went to South Africa in 1899, serving in the Second Boer War as assistant adjutant-general in the South African Field Force with responsibility for foreign representatives in the country. In 1901 he vacated his staff appointment and was placed on half-pay, and he retired from the Army in 1908. In 1909 he was appointed honorary colonel of
1591-627: Was badly damaged by a fire. Over the next two decades, it fell into disrepair but could not be demolished because it is a Grade II Listed Building . In 2013, following a £6.3m investment from the Welsh Government , using the European Regional Development Fund and Heritage Lottery Funding, plans for the lido to be refurbished and reopened were started. Many of the original features of the Grade II Listed Building, like
1634-511: Was effective for the 2007 Welsh Assembly election , and for the 2010 UK General Election . The town sits at the junction of the Rhondda and Taff valleys, where the River Rhondda flows into the Taff just south of the town at Ynysangharad War Memorial Park. Pontypridd community recorded a population of about 32,700 in the 2011 census figures. while Pontypridd Town ward itself was recorded as having
1677-519: Was largely accepted as the National Anthem by the Welsh population simply because of how popular it had become. This means that even though Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is accepted as the Welsh National Anthem, it is neither officially or legally recognised as it in British Law, since legally the National Anthem of Wales is God Bless the Prince of Wales . Following James James' death in 1902 many local residents felt that
1720-547: Was officially reopened on 31 August 2015. 51°36′09″N 3°20′11″W / 51.6025°N 3.3364°W / 51.6025; -3.3364 Pontypridd Pontypridd ( / ˌ p ɒ n t ɪ ˈ p r iː ð / PON -tih- PREEDH , Welsh: [ˌpɔntəˈpriːð] ), colloquially referred to as Ponty , is a town and a community in Rhondda Cynon Taf , South Wales , approximately 10 miles north west of Cardiff city centre. Pontypridd comprises
1763-420: Was opened in 1927 and was reputed to be the largest open–air swimming pool in Wales and at its most popular the lido could have up to 1,000 visitors a day. The lido was built with a distinctive Mediterranean influence, like many other lidos around Britain, and features outdoor changing rooms that ran parallel to the edge of the lido. After years of not being maintained the lido was officially closed in 1991 after it
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1806-415: Was originally built as a long single island, at one point the world's longest platform, a reflection of both the narrow available geography of the steep valley side and the need to accommodate many converging railways lines at what became the 19th-century hub of the valleys. Due to the restrictive geography, only parcels and mail were handled at Pontypridd. Heavy freight went to Treforest . The station today
1849-617: Was seconded for service on the staff, serving as brigade-major of the Home District until August that year, when he was appointed brigade-major of the 1st Brigade in the 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force sent to Egypt. For his service in the 1882 Egyptian Campaign he was mentioned in despatches by Sir Garnet Wolseley , was awarded the fourth class of the Order of the Medjidie by
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