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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...
The staff consisted of Miss Thomas, Blaengarnant, Miss Morris, Miss Bowen, Miss Davies and Mr. Fred Morgan. In those days as soon as a woman teacher married she had to leave her post. The 11 plus or the 'Scholarship' was in vogue, where unfairly, the future prospects of children were decided at the age of eleven.
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.
Gwaun-cae-gurwen village is situated at the north west of the county of West Glamorgan, is in the parish of Llangiwg, in the Caegurwen ward. To the north lies Brynamman, formerly Y Gwter Fawr, to the north east is Cwmllynfell, to the south east Ystalfera with Gwrhyd lying in between.
23 de nov. de 2003 · Mrs Valerie Newsum. Location of story: Wales. Article ID: A2071702. Contributed on: 23 November 2003. I was an evacuee and was in Wales for 2½ years, and feel that it had a large effect on my...
