Editing Tredegar (section)

=== Tredegar Circle ===
[[File:Derelict former NCB Club in Tredegar town centre (geograph 5401942).jpg|thumb|The former [[Tredegar Town Hall]]]]
[[Samuel Homfray]], an iron master who managed to obtain a large parcel of land in and around Tredegar,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/wales/entries/938af13c-65b4-3f8e-b287-22bd0b780102|title=The Homfray dynasty|date=2012-09-17|website=Bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref> is to be thanked for Tredegar Circle and the wide streets running out from it. He showed a great concern about the state of the current streets and how narrow they were, deciding that his new town would have wide streets running out from a central place. Tredegar Circle was first known as 'The Square', but as buildings and shops developed around it people within Tredegar began to refer to it as 'The Circle'.<ref name="Made in Tredegar">{{Citation|last=Made in Tredegar|title=The Circle of Life (The History of No 10 & The Circle) Full length Documentary|date=2013-03-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_6M-7oqmwA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/0_6M-7oqmwA |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-02-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

The town clock which stands in the middle of Tredegar Circle was once where the town stocks resided, with there being records of people being put into the stocks to be punished for petty misdemeanours. People being punished within the stocks would have their legs trapped in the stocks, being kept outside for hours in all weather conditions.<ref name="Made in Tredegar"/>

Prostitution was rife within Tredegar Circle, almost having a reputation of being a 'red light district' in the earlier days.<ref name="Made in Tredegar"/>

Tredegar Circle was also seen as being an important 'shopping centre', many local tradespeople would go there to set up stalls and sell their wares to the people within Tredegar, before the town clock was erected. Horses and carts loaded with goods would clatter around Tredegar Circle, with almost every type of produce being available to buy within Tredegar Circle. [[Tredegar Town Hall]], a prominent building in The Circle, was rebuilt in 1892.<ref>{{NHAW|num=22489|desc= N. C. B. Club|access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref>

Tredegar Circle is also known for the pubs that occupy it, although there have been many that have closed down over the years such as the Greyhound Inn and the Freemasons, both once very popular with local workers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tredegar.co.uk/old_pubs.htm|title=Tredegar South Wales - Old Pubs|website=Tredegar.co.uk|access-date=2018-02-21}}</ref> There have been many reported arrests within Tredegar Circle, in both present and earlier days, due to drunken and disorderly behaviour.<ref name="Made in Tredegar"/>