An Online Community Newsletter published by the Pencoed Town Council
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Place Names in Pencoed
An interesting article on place names in Pencoed written by Cllr Vernon Thomas for the fifth edition of the Hyphen.
An interesting article on place names in Pencoed written by Cllr Vernon Thomas for the fifth edition of the Hyphen.
Highways and Byways
A guide to some of the footpaths in Pencoed. There are three articles, together with accompanying maps and photographs.
A guide to some of the footpaths in Pencoed. There are three articles, together with accompanying maps and photographs.
Coed Iestyn Project
An article on a Pencoed Town Council's Environment Project. The project consists of turning four and an half acres of overgrown woodland and wetland into a well managed community woodland area.
An article on a Pencoed Town Council's Environment Project. The project consists of turning four and an half acres of overgrown woodland and wetland into a well managed community woodland area.
The Millennium Project
An interesting project taken up by the Pencoed Town Council to re-introduce woodland on the steep side of Cefn Hirgoed where trees have not grown in living memory. It is interesting to note that Cefn Hirgoed actually means (the ridge of the long trees). This hillside, along with many others in the area, was thought to have been de-forested early in the Industrial Revolution to feed the nearby iron furnaces.
An interesting project taken up by the Pencoed Town Council to re-
