Llantrisant (Welsh pronunciation: [ɬanˈtrɪsant]; "Parish of the Three Saints") is a town and community in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales.

[6] A settlement has existed on this site from at least the beginning of the 6th century, when the poet Aneurin wrote of "the white houses of Glamorgan" when referring to Llantrisant.

[8] In 1346, Llantrisant was granted a royal charter months before the archers from the town helped Edward the Black Prince win a victory against the French army at the Battle of Crécy.

The ancient tradition of beating the bounds, where local children are bounced by elders on to the boundary stones of the old borough, still occurs every seven years and dates as far back as the 14th century.

[9][10] At nearby Tarren Deusant is a spring with unusual petrosomatoglyph carvings of the faces of two saints (1696), but now six are present (Sharp 1979).

The Union Workhouse was built in 1884 on the Bull Ring – west of where Dr Price's statue stands today and behind the town pump.

The Model House stood empty for many years before being bought by the local authority to convert into a craft and design centre.

[14] The ground floor contains galleries that include glass, ceramics and designer jewellery from established British and Welsh artists, as well as a local painter.

The management of the building was taken over by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, who after tackling structural problems with the roof and outer walls reopened the centre in mid 2010.

Although initially built as a wooden fortification it was rebuilt as a stone structure around 1246 by Richard de Clare, Lord of Glamorgan.

Its interior houses an effigy of a 13th-century warrior, believed to be Cadwgan, lord of Miskin, a valuable Welsh church monument.

[23] The Royal Mint, which produces all British coins, moved from London to Llantrisant in 1967 in order to meet demand when the UK converted to decimal currency.

The town also contains Llantrisant Common and Pastures, a 113-hectare (280-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest, which is home to several rare plants.

The history of education in Llantrisant is firmly based in the varied religious institutions and Sunday School services which rapidly flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries.

The Norman parish church was the starting point for the education movement, although it was one that would take a century or more to fully develop into a successful entity.

Sport flourished in Llantrisant for centuries and the remains of a Welsh Handball court dating from the 1790s, stands at the rear of the Workingmen's Club.

The choir has appeared at many notable venues, including The Royal Albert Hall, The Santa Maria Maggiore, Wales Millennium Centre and the Hollywood Bowl.