Groes-faen

Groes-faen
Groes-faen Location within Rhondda Cynon Taf
OS grid reference	ST071810
Principal area	Rhondda Cynon Taf
Preserved county	Mid Glamorgan
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	South Wales
Fire	South Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Pontypridd
List of places UK Wales Rhondda Cynon Taf 51°31′11″N3°20′25″W / 51.5196°N 3.3402°W / 51.5196; -3.3402

Groes-faen is a village approximately three miles south of Llantrisant in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is in the historic county of Glamorgan.

The village began as a hamlet in the 1860s near a trade route from Cowbridge to Cardiff.

History

Dynevor Arms, Groes-faen

The opening of the Bute & Mwyndy iron ore works during the 1850s had a huge impact on the small hamlet of Groes Faen. The census of 1861 shows that Groes Faen had become a village. Its population was 83 people in 17 households; of these, 17 residents were iron ore miners, so the average household had 4.9 residents with one being a miner. The village centre was the Dynefor Arms pub and the cottages surrounding it.

In the 1970s, the nearby Brofiscin Quarry was used as a dump for toxic chemicals. The site was described by The Guardian in 2007 as "one of the most contaminated places in Britain". ^[1] In 2007 research began to assess the potential environmental impact of seepage from the quarry. ^[1]

References

1. "The wasteland: how years of secret chemical dumping left a toxic legacy". The Guardian. 12 February 2007. Retrieved 23 November 2017.