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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. Referencias
The standard Welsh dictionary has detetrmined that the original name was Gwaun-cegyrwen, and that cegyrwen is a small white flower which must have grown on the common at one time. The English name is hemlock.
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.
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 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. Overview.
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.
