Croeso i Treharris
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Croeso i Treharris
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 27 Mar 2014
Located at the edge of a hairpin bend. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3915092 The metal plate showing Croeso i Treharris (Welsh for Welcome to Treharris) is above a Treharris information board in English. Among the many facts on display, I learnt that the pre-industrial name for this area was Twyn y Garreg (rock or stone hillock). The town was formed in the 1870s around the Deep Navigation Colliery, owned by F.W.Harris. The colliery's original name was Harris's Navigation Pits. Treharris is literally Harris's Town.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.664078
Longitude
-3.312343