Church of St Stephen, Ystrad
St Stephen's Church is a Church in Wales parish church located in Ystrad Rhondda, Wales, within the Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough. Built between 1895 and 1896 during the height of the South Wales coal mining boom, the church opened in May 1896 to serve the rapidly expanding mining community.Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Ystrad Rhondda, Wales
- Also known as: “Church of St Stephen, Ystrad Rhondda”, “St Stephen’s Church”, and “St Stephen’s Church, Ystrad Rhondda”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ystrad Rhondda railway station and Llwynypia railway station.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station
Railway station
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ystrad Rhondda railway station is a railway station serving Ystrad in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Llywynypia and Ton Pentre, 20 miles 5 chains from Cardiff Docks. Ystrad Rhondda railway station is situated 1,100 feet west of Church of St Stephen, Ystrad.
Llwynypia railway station
Railway station
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Llwynypia railway station is a railway station serving the village of Llwynypia in Wales. It is located on the Rhondda Line, between Tonypandy and Ystrad Rhondda, 19 miles 7 chains from Cardiff Docks. Llwynypia railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Church of St Stephen, Ystrad.
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda
Hospital
Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda is a health facility on Partridge Road, Llwynypia, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is managed by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. Ysbyty Cwm Rhondda is situated 4,100 feet southeast of Church of St Stephen, Ystrad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gelli and Llwynypia.
Gelli
Town
Photo: FruitMonkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gelli is a village in the Rhondda Fawr valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales, situated on the southern bank of the Rhondda Fawr River. Gelli is a former coal mining village which is a district of the community of Ystrad.
Llwynypia
Village
Photo: Bjenks, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llwynypia is a village and community in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, near Tonypandy in the Rhondda Fawr Valley. Before 1850 a lightly populated rural farming area, Llwynypia experienced a population boom between 1860 and 1920 with the sinking of several coal mines after the discovery of large coal deposits throughout the Rhondda Valleys.
Penrhys
Village
Penrhys is a village in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, situated on a hillside overlooking both valleys of Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach.
Church of St Stephen, Ystrad
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Ystrad, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.64464° or 51° 38′ 41″ northLongitude
-3.46257° or 3° 27′ 45″ westInception
1895Open location code
9C3RJGVP+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1417055755OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q135658019
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In Other Languages
“Church of St Stephen, Ystrad” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Steffan, Ystrad Rhondda”
- Welsh: “Eglwys Sant Steffan”
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Highlights include St Stephen’s Church Hall and Ystrad Old Age Pensioners Association.
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