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Ystradgynlais
Ystradgynlais (; ) is a town in southwest Powys, Wales. It is located on the River Tawe, and was within the boundaries of the former county of Brecknockshire. The town has a high proportion of Welsh language-speakers. The community includes Cwmtwrch, Abercraf and Cwmgiedd, with a population of 8,092 in the 2011 census; it is the second-largest town in Powys. It forms part of the Swansea Urban Area where the Ystradgynlais subdivision has a population of 10,248. History The place-name Ystradgynlais, meaning 'vale of the river Cynlais' – Cynlais may be a personal name, or derive from ''cyn'' ('chisel') and ''glais'' ('stream') – is first recorded in 1372. In the 1600s there were only a couple of houses by the church and a pub (now the rectory). In 1801 there were only 993 residents in the town living in only 196 houses. The first documented written evidence of iron working in the area was at Ynyscedwyn and is of a deed of release dated 1729. By 1750 there were seven furnac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Herman
Josef Herman (3 January 1911 – 19 February 2000), was a highly regarded Polish-British painter who influenced contemporary art, particularly in the United Kingdom. He was part of a generation of central and eastern European Jewish refugee artists who emigrated to escape Nazi persecution. He saw himself as part of a tradition of European figurative artists who painted working people, a tradition that included Courbet, Millet and Van Gogh, Kathe Kollwitz and the Flemish Expressionist Constant Permeke. For eleven years he lived in Ystradgynlais, a mining community in South Wales. Biography Herman was born in Warsaw into a History of Jews in Poland, Polish-Jewish family, on 3 January 1911. His father, David, was an illiterate shoemaker, his mother was called Sarah Malkah. He was the eldest of three children. His brother was called Shmiel, his sister was called Zelda. Josef grew up speaking Yiddish and he was profoundly influenced by Yiddish culture. From 1930 he attended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eunice Stallard
Eunice Stallard (1917–2011) was a political and community activist in Wales. She was active in the Labour Party, involved in several peace movements, notably at Greenham Common in 1981 and organised community support during the 1984 - 1985 miner's strike. A Purple Plaque to mark her life was installed in Ystradgynlais in 2020. Personal life Stallard lived in Ystradgynlais and owned a shop. She died in 2011, aged 93. Activism Stallard was active in both politics and the peace movement. Her activism provided a role model for others. She was involved in the Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp from its start in 1981. She walked the approximately 100 miles from Cardiff to Newbury in late August, early September 1981 to draw attention to the proposed installation of nuclear weapons at RAF Greenham Common. Her activity as a member of the Women for Life on Earth group led to others joining its protest. In 2003 she was a member of the ''Grannies for Peace'' movement that protested aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cwmtwrch
Cwmtwrch () is a village in the valley of the Afon Twrch, a right-bank tributary to the Swansea Valley, Wales, some 15 miles north of Swansea. It is also the name of an electoral ward to Powys County Council. Actors Craig Russell, Richard Corgan and Steven Meo all come from the village. The Sci Fi comedy horror film Canaries is set and was filmed in Cwmtwrch. History and origins The name Cwmtwrch (meaning ''Valley of the wild boar'') is said to derive from the " Twrch Trwyth", a mythical wild boar of King Arthur's legends and the ancient Welsh folklore tales of the Mabinogion in early Welsh literature. The legend relates to one of Arthur's tasks: to rid the western Brecon Beacons of the pack of wild boars that were terrorising the people. Arthur chased the boars from Dyfed eastward towards Powys. On the Black Mountain, he picked up a large stone (the ''carreg fryn fras'') and cast it towards the wild animals, striking dead the leader of the pack on the edge of a valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swansea Urban Area
The Swansea Urban Area or Swansea Built-up Area is an area of land in south Wales, defined by the Office for National Statistics for population monitoring purposes. It is an urban conurbation and is not coterminous with the City and County of Swansea. It consists of the urban area centred on Swansea city centre; the Swansea Valley including Clydach, Ystradgynlais and Pontardawe; and includes Neath and Port Talbot Port Talbot (, ) is a town and community (Wales), community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, situated on the east side of Swansea Bay, approximately from Swansea. The Port Talbot Steelworks covers a large area of land which d ... which are outside the county boundaries, but excludes the urban area of Gorseinon within the county boundaries. The total population of the area in 2011 was 300,352 making it the 3rd largest in Wales, the 24th largest conurbation in England and Wales and the 27th largest in the United Kingdom. This was an increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abercrave
Abercraf (also ; or Abercrave) is a village in Powys, Wales, in the community of Ystradgynlais and within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire. A distinct dialect of English is spoken in the village, as well as the Welsh language. Between 1965 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It remains mostly intact. Etymology The name Abercraf denotes the area as the place where the Crâf stream flows into the Tawe. While most etymologies state that the river is simply named for the Welsh word ''craf'' (wild garlic), Thomas Morgan defines "cra-af" as "the issuing forth, the channel torn by the impulsive force of the stream, as well as the act of tearing or breaking up any substance" linking its meaning to the words ''crafu'' (to scratch) and ''crafangu'' (to claw or grip). Location Abercraf lies in the extreme south of the county, in the Upper Swansea Valley 2.5 miles (4& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brecknockshire
Brecknockshire ( or ), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon, was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It was created in 1536 under the Laws in Wales Act 1535, and from 1889 it was an History of local government in Wales, administrative county with a county council; the administrative county was abolished in 1974. The county was named after the medieval Welsh territory of Brycheiniog, which was Anglicisation of names, anglicised to "Brecknock" and also gave its name to the county town of Brecon. The former county's area is mountainous and primarily rural. Geography Brecknockshire was bounded to the north by Radnorshire, to the east by Herefordshire and Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, to the south by Monmouthshire and Glamorgan, and to the west by Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, Cardiganshire. The county is predominantly rural and mountainous. The B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abercraf
Abercraf (also ; or Abercrave) is a village in Powys, Wales, in the community of Ystradgynlais and within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire. A distinct dialect of English is spoken in the village, as well as the Welsh language. Between 1965 and 1991, the village was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker, to be used in the event of a nuclear attack. It remains mostly intact. Etymology The name Abercraf denotes the area as the place where the Crâf stream flows into the Tawe. While most etymologies state that the river is simply named for the Welsh word ''craf'' (wild garlic), Thomas Morgan defines "cra-af" as "the issuing forth, the channel torn by the impulsive force of the stream, as well as the act of tearing or breaking up any substance" linking its meaning to the words ''crafu'' (to scratch) and ''crafangu'' (to claw or grip). Location Abercraf lies in the extreme south of the county, in the Upper Swansea Valley 2.5 miles (4& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brecon, Radnor And Cwm Tawe (UK Parliament Constituency)
Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe () is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament, first contested at the 2024 general election, following the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies. The current MP is David Chadwick of the Liberal Democrats. The constituency name refers to the historic counties of Breconshire and Radnorshire as well as the Swansea Valley, known as ''Cwm Tawe'' in Welsh. Boundaries The seat covers the large rural areas of the historic counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire (currently administered as part of the unitary authority of Powys) which had previously formed the abolished Brecon and Radnorshire constituency, as well as the town of Pontardawe Pontardawe () is a town and a community (Wales), community in the lower Swansea Valley (). it had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot. On the opp ... in Neath Port Talbot County Borough whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig-y-Nos Castle
Craig-y-nos Castle (meaning:Rock of the Night), is a Scots baronial-style country house near Glyntawe in Powys, Wales. Built on parkland beside the River Tawe in the upper Swansea Valley, it is located on the southeastern edge of the Black Mountain. The castle, formerly owned by opera singer Adelina Patti, is now a hotel. Its landscaped grounds are now a country park, managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority. They are listed on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. The castle is a Grade II* listed building and its theatre has a separate Grade I listing. History Early history Powell family The main building was built between 1841 and 1843 by Captain Rhys Davies Powell, to designs by Thomas Henry Wyatt. His younger son, his wife and younger daughter all predeceased him. Powell’s death in 1862 was followed by that of his eldest son in 1864 and his surviving daughter Sarah inherited the estate. After the death of her hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cwmgiedd
Cwmgiedd is a small village beside the River Giedd within the community of Ystradgynlais, Powys, Wales. It lies 22.5 km (15 miles) north-east of Swansea and 253 km (157 miles) west of London. '' The Silent Village'', a 1943 British propaganda film about the destruction by the Nazi occupiers of the Czech village Lidice, was filmed here. See also * John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd, FLSW (born Carmarthen, 22 October 1947) is a British judge. He served as Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2013 to 2017. He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. Early ... * Swansea Valley References Villages in Powys Ystradgynlais {{Powys-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powys
Powys ( , ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It borders Gwynedd, Denbighshire, and Wrexham County Borough, Wrexham to the north; the English Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire to the east; Monmouthshire, Blaenau Gwent, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil, Caerphilly County Borough, Caerphilly, Rhondda Cynon Taf, and Neath Port Talbot to the south; and Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion to the west. The largest settlement is Newtown, Powys, Newtown, and the administrative centre is Llandrindod Wells. Powys is the largest and most sparsely populated county in Wales, having an area of and a population of in . While largely rural, its towns include Welshpool in the north-east, Newtown in the north-centre, Llandrindod Wells in the south-centre, Brecon in the south, Ystradgynlais in the far south-west, and Machynlleth in the far west. The Welsh language can be spok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ynyscedwyn Ironworks
Ynyscedwyn Ironworks is an industrial complex located in Ystradgynlais, near Swansea, Wales. Smelting was first established here in seventeenth century. In the 1820s, with the arrival of George Crane, production was expanded. Crane was the first ironmaster who successfully tried anthracite Anthracite, also known as hard coal and black coal, is a hard, compact variety of coal that has a lustre (mineralogy)#Submetallic lustre, submetallic lustre. It has the highest carbon content, the fewest impurities, and the highest energy densit ... to a blast furnace in 1837.Hyde, p. 159. In 1837, London bankers, Charles Price and Joseph Marryat, invested in the Ynyscedwyn Ironworks. The remaining structures were built in 1872 to house a planned steel mill. Although not completed, the site housed the Ynyscedwyn Tinplate Works. References Bibliography * Industrial history of Wales Ironworks and steelworks in Wales Ystradgynlais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
