Trefil
Sign in to saveTrefil is a small village in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, south Wales. It lies at the top of the Sirhowy Valley, near to Brecon Beacons National Park. It is three miles northwest of Tredegar. With one public house, The Quarrymen’s Arms, serving homemade food and drinks to local visitors.
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- Official name
- Trefil
- Country
- United Kingdom
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- SO120125
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- Trefil
- historic county
- Brecknockshire
- P8168
- kippah
- P12749
- Thracian
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Trefil is a small village in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, south Wales. It lies at the top of the Sirhowy Valley, near to Brecon Beacons National Park. It is three miles northwest of Tredegar. With one public house, The Quarrymen’s Arms, serving homemade food and drinks to local visitors.
== Etymology == The village name may derive from the terms 'tref' and 'mil' signifying the 'farm of the lesser celandine', a plant which might be expected to grow in the stream which flows through the place, the Nant Trefil.
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