Trebanos
Encyclopedia
Trebanos is a village
in the Swansea Valley
, Wales
. It forms, together with Craig Trebanos and a part of Pontardawe
, the Trebanos electoral ward
of Neath Port Talbot
county borough
.
Controversy and opposition concerning the South Wales Gas Pipeline
passing through the village led to media attention for the village and a protest camp in 2006 and 2007.
, a team founded in 1887 which is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union.
players Bleddyn Bowen
, who captained Wales to the 1988 Triple Crown
, Robert Jones
, who was capped for Wales 54 times and helped win the 1988 Triple Crown, and fly-half Arwel Thomas
who was capped for Wales 23 times.
Greg Thomas
, a first-class cricket
er and fast bowler was born in Trebanos.).
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
in the Swansea Valley
Swansea Valley
The Swansea Valley , one of the South Wales Valleys is the name often given to the valley of the River Tawe area in South Wales, UK. It reaches southwest and south from the Brecon Beacons National Park down to the city of Swansea. Today, administration of the area is divided between the City and...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It forms, together with Craig Trebanos and a part of Pontardawe
Pontardawe
Pontardawe is a town of some 5,000 inhabitants in the Swansea Valley in south Wales...
, the Trebanos electoral ward
Trebanos (electoral ward)
Trebanos is an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, Wales, part of the Pontardawe community.Trebanos includes some or all of the following areas: Trebanos, Craig Trebanos and Pontardawe, in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Trebanos is bounded by the wards of Pontardawe to...
of Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot is a county borough and one of the unitary authority areas of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most populous county in Wales and the third most populous county borough....
county borough
County borough
County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. They were abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales, but continue in use for lieutenancy and shrievalty in...
.
Controversy and opposition concerning the South Wales Gas Pipeline
South Wales Gas Pipeline
The South Wales Gas Pipeline is the UK’s largest high-pressure gas pipeline. The pipeline passing through Wales was built for the National Grid and links Dragon and South Hook liquid natural gas terminals at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire with the national gas network at Tirley,...
passing through the village led to media attention for the village and a protest camp in 2006 and 2007.
Sport and leisure
Trebanos is home to local rugby union club Trebanos RFCTrebanos RFC
Trebanos Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team officially founded in 1897. Trebanos RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.-1920s:...
, a team founded in 1887 which is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Notable residents
Notable people from Trebanos include rugby unionRugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
players Bleddyn Bowen
Bleddyn Bowen
Bleddyn Bowen is a former international Wales rugby union player.Bleddyn Bowen played club rugby for South Wales Police and Swansea RFC. His first international game was in 1983, along with five other first caps, against Romania; a game that Wales lost heavily, 24-6.Bowen retained his place and...
, who captained Wales to the 1988 Triple Crown
Triple Crown (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the four national teams of the British Isles who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three they win the...
, Robert Jones
Robert Jones (rugby player)
Robert Nicholas Jones is a Welsh rugby union coach and former player. He was capped 54 times for Wales during his career, at that time a record...
, who was capped for Wales 54 times and helped win the 1988 Triple Crown, and fly-half Arwel Thomas
Arwel Thomas
Arwel Camber Thomas is a former Wales international rugby union player. An outside-half, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC....
who was capped for Wales 23 times.
Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas is a Welsh former cricketer, who played in five Tests and three ODIs for England from 1986 to 1987.-Life and career:...
, a first-class cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er and fast bowler was born in Trebanos.).