Tregarth
Sign in to saveTregarth is a village between the town of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is in Llandygai Community. It had a population of over 1,300 as of the 2011 census.
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- Locality
- Tregarth
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,307
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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- Official name
- Tre-garth
- Population
- 1307
- Image
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- OS grid reference
- SH603678
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- Tregarth
- P12749
- Somkhiti
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Tregarth is a village between the town of Bethesda and the city of Bangor in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is in Llandygai Community. It had a population of over 1,300 as of the 2011 census.
== History == The village grew around the local slate industry, with many houses being built to house quarry workers and their families. The village is renowned for a street of houses that were built by Lord Penrhyn, proprietor of the Penrhyn Quarry and occupier of Penrhyn Castle, to accommodate the workers that refused to strike during the Penrhyn Lockout of 1900–1903. The street, Tanrhiw Road, was known locally as 'Stryd y Gynffon' (Traitor's Row or Tail Terrace) and was one of the first main settlements in the village based alongside the farmsteads of Ty'n Clawdd, Tanrhiw Isaf and Tanrhiw Uchaf.
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