talking point - Rhondda Cynon Taf

Just below the main entrance to the Model House is a
statue to Dr William Price, the eccentric surgeon and scholar,
who, when over eighty years old, fathered a son whom he
named Iesu Grist (“Jesus Christ”). When his son died, he
successfully tested the legality of human cremation by the
simple method of selling tickets to the infant’s cremation
ceremony and winning the subsequent court case.
Stroll up the hill beyond and the streets are lined with charming 18th and
early 19th century cottages. The church is thirteenth century and dedicated
to Saints Gwynno, Illtyd and Tyfodwg who are commemorated in the town’s
name, which means “Church of Three Saints”. Also in the thirteenth
century, Richard de Clare, Lord of Glamorgan, built Llantrisant Castle: all
that remains today is a broken tower and a section of wall, but the Castle
Green is a pleasant place to rest, and is also the site of the Guildhall of
1777, now the headquarters of the Town Trust.
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