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Gwaun-cae-Gurwen
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen ( cy, Gwauncaegurwen) is a village and community in the borough of 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. Location Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is located five mile east of the nearest town of Ammanford and nearly fifteen miles north of Swansea. Nearby villages include Cwmgors, Lower Brynaman & Tairgwaith. Etymology The name Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is believed to be an alteration of what was originally ''gwaun cegerwen'' (i.e. "white hemlock heath" in Welsh, ''ceger'' being a dialect form of ''cegid''). In local usage, the name is often shortened to "Y Waun", meaning "the heath" in Welsh. History Gwaun-cae-Gurwen was a mining village in the west Wales anthracite district. There were six or seven pits in the early 1920s. Schools Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Gwauncaegurwen (Gwaun-cae-Gurwen Welsh Primary School) used to be on Heol y Dŵr (Water Street) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neath (National Assembly For Wales Constituency)
, type=, constituency_type = Senedd county constituency , parl_name=Senedd, map1=, image = , caption = Neath shown as one of the 40 Senedd constituencies , electorate=, year = 1999 , parts_label = Electoral region , parts = South Wales West , member_label = MS , member = Jeremy Miles , seats=, party_label = Party , party = Labour , blank1_name = Preserved county , blank1_info = West Glamorgan Neath ( cy, Castell-nedd) is a constituency of the Senedd. It elects one Member of the Senedd by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of seven constituencies in the South Wales West electoral region, which elects four additional members, in addition to seven constituency members, to produce a degree of proportional representation for the region as a whole. History Since the creation of the assembly the constituency has returned a Labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |