local books

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While books about Tonyrefail are quite rare there are books about Wales and welsh history., and suprisingly theres quite a few local books available. the internet seems to be the best way of finding them. tonyrefail.org reccomends amazon for all your book needs, as well as selling new books you can find older books like walter jones 1997 book Tonyrefail, the story of a community. use the search box on the right or the links below for more information or to buy the books.


	A history of Tonyrefail


	A history of Tonyrefail, written by Dillwyn Lewis was the second book written about our village and was published in 1971. these books are very hard to come by now but you can do a request on amazon for it so if any of their sellers get a copy youll be emailed to let you know.


	click here to buy books by dillwyn lewis


	A dark past


	a dark past : a selection of rhondda murders by elaine hawkins & april evans features several murders around the rhondda valleys although none where in tonyrefail, one, the murder of jane lewis in 1862 at tyntyla who is burried at ainon chapel in waunrhydd road.


	Tonyrefail, the story of a community


	sadly out of print now this 1997 book is a fascinating view of our village from the prehistoric and middle ages through to modern day. like a history of tonyrefail it really is worth registering a request with amazon as it is probably your only chance of finding a copy.


	click here to buy from amazon


	The Tyntyla murder : fact or fiction


	the tyntyla murder : fact or fiction by local author gareth harris delves into the history behoind the murder of jane lewis near tyntyla farm in 1862. jane lewis’s relation to tonyrefail is her burial at ainon chappel on waunrhydd road.

PHOTO BOOKS OF SOUTH WALES

Tempus publishing have a range of seventy books of different towns, villages and organizations in South Wales. I have bought many of these books myself and can highly recommend them.

On the right is a selection of them from amazon or click the link below to see the full list of books available. These books are available locally but amazon is several pounds a book cheaper and offer free delivery on orders of £15 or over.

tempus publishing ~ photo books

SOUTH WALES BOOKS

TONYREFAIL - A STORY OF A COMMUNITY

LLANTRISANT (ARCHIVE PHOTOGRAPHS) ~ DEAN POWELL

LLANTRISANT FABLES ~ VIV SMALL

LLANTRISANT, BRANCHES OF THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY ~ COLIN CHAPMAN

A HISTORY OF LLANTRISANT ~ DILLWYN LEWIS

LLANTRISANT REVISITED ~ DEAN POWELL

ELY VALLEY RAILWAY: LLANTRISANT ~ COLIN CHAPMAN

RULES OF LLANTRISANT WORKHOUSE ~ GLAMORGAN RECORDS OFFICE

THE HISTORY OF LLANTRISANT ~ DILLWYN LEWIS

THE ROUGH GUIDE TO WALES ~ MIKE PARKER

THE BEST WALKS IN SOTHERN WALES ~ RICHARD SALE

CILFYNYDD (IMAGES OF SOUTH WALES) ~ DEAN POWELL

GLAMORGAN (PEVSNER BUILDINGS OF SOUTH WALES)

SOUTH WALES MINING DISASTERS ~ DAVID OWEN

CARDIFF PUBS & BREWERIES (IMAGES OF SOUTH WALES) ~ BRIAN GLOVER

AMAZON.CO.UK LINKS

click here to buy from amazon


	I hope to add many more books to this list very soon (its a really boring job searching for them and creating the amazon links) but in the mean time try searching for South Wales in the amazon window on the right.. You’ll be amazed by how many books are available for South Wales.. My search came back with 2717 books!