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| country                     = Wales
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| static_image                = Trealaw, viewed from Dinas - geograph.org.uk - 414391.jpg
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| constituency_welsh_assembly = [[Rhondda (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Rhondda]]
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| population                  = 4,040
| population_ref              = (2011)<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129813&c=Trealaw&d=16&e=62&g=6495155&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1447759910268&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|access-date=17 November 2015))</ref>
| unitary_wales               = [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]]
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| constituency_westminster    = [[Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency)|Rhondda]]
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'''Trealaw''' is a long village, also a [[Community (Wales)|community]] and [[electoral ward]] in the [[Rhondda|Rhondda Valley]], [[Rhondda Cynon Taf]], Wales. It stretches over ((convert|2|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on)) from the junction of Cemetery Road and Brithweunydd Road in the east, to the junction of Ynyscynon Road and Partridge Road to the northwest.

==History==
[[File:Trealaw, post office and postbox and^8470, CF40 141 - geograph.org.uk - 695767.jpg|thumb|left|Trealaw Post Office]]
Trealaw is a dormitory town of the more famous [[Tonypandy]], its name translates from the [[Welsh language]] as 'the Town of Alaw', which derives from Alaw Goch or Alaw Coch (red melody), the bardic name of [[David Williams (coal owner)|David (Dafydd) Williams (d. 1863)]] the father of [[Judge]] Gwilym Williams (1839–1906), who founded the village (along with that of [[Williamstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf|Williamstown]], a village to the south of Trealaw) during the 'coal-rush' of the 19th century. Judge Williams is also commemorated in Trealaw by Judges Hall (in full, the Judge Gwilym Williams Memorial Hall) and in Ynyscynon Road, named after the Williams' family seat at Ynyscynon, near [[Aberdare]] in the [[Cynon Valley]]. Judges Hall is a community venue used in its heyday for [[Variety show|Variety]] performances, [[boxing]] tournaments and [[snooker]]. Today it is used for [[Bingo (UK)|Bingo]] and youth activities.

Although Trealaw is considered to date from the 1860/70s, it does have an earlier history. On the river bank, near the [[confluence]] of Nant Clydach with the [[Rhondda#Rhondda Fawr|Rhondda Fawr]] River, stood Ynys-y-Crug, a 12th-century timber [[motte-and-bailey castle]]. Until recent years, a mound about 12 feet high by 100 feet in length remained, which over the centuries had acquired the name of [[Gibbet]] [[Hill]], indicating perhaps, that in the area's [[medieval]] period, it was a place of execution. However, latterly, development of the mid-Rhondda [[Bypass (road)|by-pass]] road has removed all traces of the castle.

'''Trealaw Cemetery'''

Trealaw is the site of one of the Rhondda's largest cemeteries, located at Llethrddu ("black slope"). Opened in 1875, it also contains [[war grave]]s of both world wars. The burials of the [[First World War]] are scattered in various parts of this large cemetery, and shortly after that war a [[Cross of Sacrifice]] was erected at the cemetery entrance. The cemetery contains the graves of [[George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy|Lord Tonypandy]], [[Tommy Farr]], [[Lewis Jones (writer)|Lewis Jones]] and [[James Kitchener Davies]]. William Evans (1864–1934), owner of ''Thomas & Evans Ltd'' which produced the [[soft drink]] [[Corona (soft drink)|Corona]], is also buried here. The cemetery features many reminders of the tragic loss of life which was an everyday reality during the valley's [[coal mining]] era, including most of the thirty-one victims of the Rhondda's last mining disaster at the [[Cambrian Colliery]] in May 1965.

==Governance==
The Trealaw [[electoral ward]] is coterminous with the borders of the Trealaw community<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |title=Election maps |publisher=[[Ordnance Survey]] |access-date=27 October 2018 ))</ref> and elects one county councillor to [[Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council]]. Since 1995 representation has mainly flipped between the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] and [[Plaid Cymru]]. At the [[2012 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election|May 2012 election]] and [[2017 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election|May 2017 election]] it was won by Labour's Joy Rosser.<ref>[http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Rhondda-Cyon-Taff-1995-2012.pdf Rhondda Cyon Taff County Borough Council Election Results 1995-2012], The Election Centre. Retrieved 27 October 2018.</ref><ref>[https://www.rctcbc.gov.uk/EN/Council/Votingandelections/Electionresults/CountyBoroughCouncilElections2017.aspx County Borough Council Elections 2017], Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Retrieved 27 October 2018.</ref> At the [[2022 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council election|May 2022 election]] the seat was won by Labour's Wyn Hughes, whose son Gareth Hughes was councillor for neighbouring [[Tonypandy]].<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/newly-elected-rhondda-councillor-who-23994626 |title=The newly-elected Rhondda councillor who will be following in his son's footsteps |work=Wales Online |date=20 May 2022 |access-date=26 June 2022 ))</ref>

==Transport==
Trealaw is served by two [[railway station]]s on the [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]] train services from [[Cardiff]]: [[Dinas Rhondda|Dinas]] and [[Tonypandy]]. Dinas (then known as Pandy station, located 100 metres downline from the present station) was the original terminus of the Rhondda Fawr branch, opened by the [[Taff Vale Railway]], until it was extended to [[Treherbert]] in 1863.

The village is served by Stagecoach [[bus]] route 120 between [[Blaenrhondda]] and [[Pontypridd]]/[[Caerphilly]]; and Veolia Transport Route 175 between [[Clydach Vale]]/[[Tonypandy]] and [[Porth]].

==Commerce and Industry==
Trealaw has never had very much by way of commerce and industry. At the lower end, there was Davies's soft drinks factory in Marjorie Street, while in Trealaw Road the Co-op and the Hopkin Morgan bakeries provided the main employment. All the former have ceased trading, the latter two now the site of modern housing developments. Between the railway and the river, near Trealaw Station, is Foundry Road, which has a number of industrial units.

==Education==
There are two [[primary school]]s, Alaw Primary School and Trealaw Junior School. The [[Secondary modern school]] for senior pupils closed with the introduction of [[Comprehensive school]] education in the 1970s, and it burned down soon after. Children who live near the [[Tonypandy]] end of the village are more likely to attend Tonypandy Community College; and children who live near [[Porth]] are more likely to attend [[Porth County Community School]].

==Recreation==
For recreation, the main venue is Maes-yr-Haf Education Centre, founded by the [[Society of Friends]] ([[Quakers]]) in the 1920s where everything from pottery to drama was taught. Today, there is a more limited range of activities, while the Dan Murphy Day Centre (named after a former councillor) on the site provides meals and a meeting place for the area's senior citizens.
[[File:The Royal Hotel, Trealaw - geograph.org.uk - 958534.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Hotel, Trealaw]]
Originally, the village had seven [[pub]]s (The Bute Hotel, Dinas Arms, Royal Hotel, Miskin Hotel, Trealaw Hotel (known locally as Paddy's Goose), Colliers Arms and the Ynyscynon Hotel), but the Bute and the Dinas Arms did not survive beyond the 1960s. The Bute was located directly opposite the main entrance to Llethrddu Cemetery, and acquired the nickname of The Resurrection because, in the days of walking funerals, the mourners would repair to the Bute to 'resurrect' the deceased with tales and reminiscences over a pint or three. The Bute closed in 1964 and was subsequently demolished to provide a car parking area for the Trealaw Workingmen's Club next door which has now acquired the 'Res' soubriquet. One of many such clubs in the [[South Wales Valleys]], the club was paid for from contributions deducted from pit workers' wages to provide social and educational facilities for the employees. Many of these workingmen's clubs were known as the universities of the working class with their extensive libraries of mostly left-wing literature.

In the 19th and early-20th century, behind Dinas Arms was the Brithweunydd Hotel, a low-class lodging house for workers attracted to the area by the burgeoning coal mining industry.

The Royal Hotel shut its doors in early 2010 due to increased rates and the down turn in the economy.

==Notable people==
:''See [[:Category:People from Trealaw]]''
*[[Catherine Glyn Davies]] (1926–2007), historian of philosophy and translator
* [[Gordon Mills]] (1935–1986), songwriter and music manager<ref>Dave Edwards [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/south-wales-news/rhondda/2008/04/30/remembering-a-musical-great-91466-20842199/ Remembering a musical great] at WalesOnline</ref>
*[[Ray Smith (actor)|Ray Smith]] (1936–1991), actor, best known as Det-Supt Spikings in the series [[Dempsey and Makepeace]]
*[[Morgan Stoddart]] (born 1984), Welsh international rugby union player.
*[[George Thomas, 1st Viscount Tonypandy|Lord Tonypandy]] (1909–1997), (formerly George Thomas, the [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]])

==References==
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== External links ==
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*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2738884 www.geograph.co.uk] Photos of Trealaw and surrounding area
*[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/ Welsh Coal Mines website] Histories of all the Welsh pits including local ones

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