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6 unusual facts about Treherbert


Fred Godfrey

They were married in Treherbert; after which they moved to 6 Streatham Place, London.

Lisa Victoria

Lisa Victoria Redwood (born 24 February 1973 in Treherbert) is a Welsh television actor best known for playing the character of Sheryl Hughes in the long-running Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm on S4C.

Treherbert

Treherbert also produced one of Wales' first rugby league teams, Treherbert RLFC, playing for just two seasons between 1908 and 1910.

In August 1845, the trustees of the Marquess of Bute bought the Cwmsaerbren farm from William Davies for a fee of £11,000 to sink the first steam coal pit in the Rhondda valley.

Parish records showed the first use of the name Treherbert from January 1855, commemorating the Herbert earls of Pembroke, one of the ancestors of the Marquess of Bute.

Treherbert RLFC

Treherbert Rugby League Football Club was a professional rugby league club based in Treherbert, Wales playing in the Welsh League and Northern Union.


Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway

After the completion of the Briton Ferry to Swansea link on 14 December 1894 Treherbert was connected to Swansea docks.


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