{{For|the village in Ceredigion|Troed y Rhiw}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Troed-y-rhiw | type = Village and community | country = Wales | static_image_name = Troed-y-rhiw in 2006.jpg | static_image_caption = Rhodfa Terrace, Troed-y-Rhiw | coordinates = {{coord|51|42|44|N|3|20|42|W|scale:20000_region:GB|display=title}} | unitary_wales = Merthyr Tydfil | module= 240px<br />Map of the community }}
'''Troed-y-rhiw''' ({{IPA|cy|ˌtrɔi̯d ə ˈr̥ɪu̯}}, {{gloss|foot of the slope}}) is a village and community in the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. Its population at the 2011 census was 5,296.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11129864&c=CF48+1AA&d=16&e=62&g=6495418&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1447070129925&enc=1|title=Community population 2011|accessdate=9 November 2015}}</ref> It features the Troed-y-rhiw railway station.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Troed-y-rhiw|url=https://tfwrail.wales/stations/troed-y-rhiw|access-date=2020-11-22|website=tfwrail.wales|language=en}}</ref>
==Governance== The community shares a border with the electoral ward of Plymouth, which elects three county councillors to Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council. At the May 2017 elections the ward re-elected three Labour Party councillors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/your-councillors-merthyr-tydfil-after-12989321 |title=These are your councillors in Merthyr Tydfil after the 2017 local elections | work=Wales Online|date=5 May 2017 |accessdate=21 March 2019 }}</ref>
==Community Archives Wales== In 2007 the Troedyrhiw Environment Forum joined the Community Archives Wales programme. The Environment Forum is a part of the Troedyrhiw Community Partnership which has approximately 30 registered members who attend all kinds of different forums including a Residents Association, Scouts Group and Old Age Persons Group.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Search all grants {{!}} The National Lottery Community Fund|url=https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/grants?westminsterConstituency=W07000071&page=5&locale=en|access-date=2020-11-22|website=www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk|language=en}}</ref> The Environment Forum has engaged all parts of the community in a range of community projects, including the Trevithick Heritage Trail.<ref>{{Cite web|title=TROEDYRHIW : latitude, longitude, map and postcode / zip code of Troedyrhiw CF48 in United Kingdom|url=http://zip-code.en.mapawi.com/united-kingdom/2/merthyr-tydfil/2/87/mty/troedyrhiw/cf48/13943/|access-date=2020-11-22|website=zip-code.en.mapawi.com}}</ref>
==Notable people== *Welsh international footballer Charlie Jones, who played for Nottingham Forest and Arsenal in the 1920s and 1930s, was born in Troed-y-rhiw in 1899. *His Welsh international colleague Willie Davies, who played for several clubs, including Cardiff City and Tottenham Hotspur in the 1920s and 1930s, was born in Troed-y-rhiw in 1900. *Bobby Weale was another footballer born (in 1903) in Troed-y-rhiw. His career took him to Swindon Town and Southampton before returning to Wales to play for Cardiff City, Newport County and Wrexham. *Footballer Jim Lewis was born in Troed-y-rhiw in 1909 and played at left back for Watford from 1930 to 1939. *His younger brother, George Lewis was also born in Troed-y-rhiw (in 1913) and played football as a centre forward, first for Watford and then for Southampton. *Footballer Gwyn Jones, who played for Rochdale and Stockport County, was born in Troed-y-rhiw in 1912. *Vivian Woodward was born in Troed-y-rhiw in 1914 and played at inside-forward for Fulham from 1936 to 1947, with later spells at Millwall, Brentford and Aldershot, as well as playing once for Wales. *Actor Steve Speirs was born in Troed-y-rhiw in 1965.
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==External links== *[http://www.alangeorge.co.uk/troedyrhiw.htm Old Merthyr Tydfil: Troedyrhiw] - Historical Photographs of Troedyrhiw. *[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3479982 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Troed-y-rhiw and surrounding area] * [http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/digital/welshballads/zulus.html Zulus and Stone Breakers: A Case Study in Glamorgan Ballad-Sheet Printing (1999)] *[http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/digital/welshballads/whitewheat.html Watching the White Wheat and That Hole Below the Nose: The English Ballads of a Late-Nineteenth-Century Welsh Jobbing-Printer (2000)] * [http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/digital/welshballads/golwg.html Golwg ar Rai o Gerddi a Baledi Cymraeg Troed-y-rhiw (2001)] {{Merthyr Tydfil}}
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Category:Villages in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Category:Communities in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough