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Rhos, Neath Port Talbot

Field	Value
country	Wales
coordinates
official_name	Rhos
population	2,442
population_ref	(2011 census)
unitary_wales	Neath Port Talbot
lieutenancy_wales	West Glamorgan
constituency_westminster	Neath
constituency_welsh_assembly	Neath
post_town	SWANSEA
postcode_district	SA8
postcode_area	SA
dial_code	01792
os_grid_reference	SN737030
councillor1	Marcia Spooner
party1	Plaid Cymru

Rhos is a village in the Swansea Valley, located outside of Pontardawe, in Neath Port Talbot county borough, South Wales, in the community of Cilybebyll.

History

Originally part of the Cilybebyll estate, the Primrose Colliery was developed from the mid-1800s, close to the village. On 13 October 1858, when owned by Morgan and Lewis, fumes of an engine boiler suffocated 14 men and boys, and 7 horses. After the disaster, it was redeveloped as the New Primrose Colliery, owned by Sir Ralph Howard, and by 1896 employed 307. It closed in the early 1900s, but from 1908 was revived as a pumping station for the Tarenni Colliery.

Today

Like many other villages in the former South Wales Coalfield, Rhos has seen phases of major building development within its boundaries bringing with it an influx of new residents to a community historically known for its own particular identity.

There is one primary school serving the village, called Rhos Primary School. The nearest secondary school is Cwmtawe.

Government and politics

The electoral ward includes some or all of the following settlements Cilybebyll, Gellinudd and Rhos in the parliamentary constituency of Neath. Rhos is bounded by the wards of Ystalyfera and Ynyscedwyn (of Powys) to the north; Crynant to the east; Cadoxton to the south east; Bryncoch North to the south; Alltwen and Pontardawe to the west and Godre'r Graig to the northwest.

In the 2017 local council elections, the electorate turnout was %. The results were:

Party	Votes	Status
Alex Thomas	Labour	440	Labour hold
Marcia Spooner	Plaid Cymru	297
Amanda Wycherley	Conservative	227

On 14 November 2019, a by-election was held following the resignation of Alex Thomas. The electorate turnout was 34%. The results were:

Party	Votes	Status
Marcia Spooner	Plaid Cymru	359	Plaid Cymru gain
Yvonne Lewis	Conservative	162
Rupert Denholm-Hall	Labour	145

References

"Ward population 2011".
"Primrose Colliery Accident". Community Council.
"Primrose Colliery". welshcoalmines.co.uk.
"Primrose Main Colliery". Durham Mining Museum.

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