Llantrisant

:There is also a Llantrisant in Monmouthshire

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Llantrisant - Monmouthshire

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Llantrisant is a town in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff, traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales, lying on the River Ely and the River Clun. The town is best known as the home of the Royal Mint, which manufactures all British coins.

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Town - Rhondda Cynon Taff - Traditional county - Glamorgan - Wales - River Ely - River Clun - Royal Mint

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Attractions in the town include the Mint's museum, the remains of Llantrisant Castle and a design centre. William Price lived in the town. The town is sometimes know as "the hole with the Mint in it," a parody of the Polo slogan.

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Museum - Llantrisant Castle - Design centre - William Price - Polo

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The town's name translates as The Parish of the Three Saints. The three saints in qustion are St Illtyd, St Gwynno and St Dyfodog.

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Parish - Saints

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At the towns highest point is the remains of a 13th Century windmill - stone tower known locally as ?Billy Wynt?. By the early 19th century the tower was in ruins and in 1893 it was restored as a folly.

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Windmill - 1893 - Folly

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