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51.787125°N 3.878898°W. / 51.787125; -3.878898. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen ( Welsh: Gwauncaegurwen) is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman .
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen es una localidad situada en el condado de Neath-Port Talbot, en Gales ( Reino Unido ), con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 3141 habitantes. 1 . Se encuentra ubicada al sur de Gales, entre Swansea, al oeste, y Cardiff, al este, y al norte del canal de Brístol .
We are a local history group, part of Y Lolfa GCG, who meet once a month in GCG library to share and collect information, memories and stories about Gwaun Cae Gurwen, Cwmgors, Tairgwaith and Lower...
Gwaun Cae Gurwen > Area History. The story of Gwaun-Cae –Gurwen began in the 17th Century – It was was part of the Caegurwen Manor and was initially open common land surrounded by mountains. The meaning of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is ‘White Hemlock Moor’ and was once known as Gwaun Ceger Wen: Gwaun=Moor, Ceger/Cegyr=Hemlock, Wen=White.
5 de may. de 2000 · Learn about the history of Gwaun-cae-gurwen, a village in West Glamorgan, from the book The History of Pontardawe and District. Discover the geography, people, roads, canals, railways and industries of the area.
On this journey let us start at the Workingmen's Club in Cwmgors, located near the Cwmgors Drift Mine, where my father worked, and also the site of the Cwmgors Brickworks. My father went underground at the age of twelve in Yr Hen Bwll, and worked for forty eight years as a miner. When he started work, during the winter months, the colliers only ...
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman. Photo: Geraint Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
