Pentre
Pentre is a town, community as well as electoral ward near Treorchy in the Rhondda valley, falling within the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. The town's name is drawn from the Welsh word Pentref, which equates as homestead, though Pentre is called after a big ranch that controlled the location prior to the coming of industrialisation. The area absorbs the adjoining village of Ton Pentre. Two of the most notable companies to have actually existed in the Rhondda were both developed in Pentre; the Pentre Breweries and the Rhondda Engine Works. Population 5,232 (2011 ).