Tylorstown
| Tylorstown Welsh: Pendyrus | |
| Glamorgan | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SS955965 |
| Location: | 51°38’58"N, 3°26’22"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 4,546 (2011[1]) |
| Post town: | Ferndale |
| Postcode: | CF43 |
| Dialling code: | 01443 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Rhondda Cynon Taf |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Rhondda |
Tylorstown is a village located in the Rhondda valley in Glamorgan. It was founded by Alfred Tylor who set up an early coal mining operation in the location in the mid-19th century.
The last working mine in the village closed in the 1960s setting off a long period of economic decline which worsened following the 1984–85 national miners' strike which resulted in pits in nearby locations such as Maerdy closing. The local passenger train line closed in the 1960s following the Beeching Axe which also limited the prospects of easy commuting.
It is neighboured by the villages of Blaenllechau, Ferndale, Penrhys, Pontygwaith and Stanleytown.
Sport
Tylorstown has a rugby union team called Tylorstown Tigers. The club produced a British and Irish Lions player John Bevan who toured New Zealand in 1971 with the only Lions side to win a series in that country. The club also has a very successful women's side the Tigresses who won the Welsh national women's cup in season 2005 to 2006 and were runners up in the national league. The women's side has provided many internationals to the Wales women's team. The club has also supplied an international and first class rugby coach in Lyn Howells.
The village was also home to world boxing champion Jimmy Wilde, the "ghost with a hammer in his hand".
Appearances in popular culture
Some scenes for the Sky TV comedy Stella were filmed in Tylorstown, and an aerial view of the village appears in the title sequence.[2]
People from Tylorstown
- Jimmy Wilde - World boxing champion[3] Grew up in Tylorstown.
- Gareth Jones - "founding father" of the English law of restitution and former Professor of Law at Cambridge University.