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Trethomas

Alternative Name: Tretomos
Morphology: tref+the name Thomas
Phonetic: treh-tom-moss

A village that developed after the opening of the Bedwas Navigation Colliery just before Word War I on the land of the local colliery owner, Sir William James Thomas (1867-1945) and later Baron Ynyshir, who was a native of Caerphilly and benefactor to the Royal Infirmary in Cardiff.

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2nd April 1975
Supplied by Glamorgan Archives
Copyright held by Heirs of Glyndwr G Jones

Photograph
Photograph of Standard Street, Trethomas, with car and figuresMar 1986

Supplied by Glamorgan Archives
Copyright held by Heirs of Glyndwr G Jones

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