Cwmgors is a village in the county of
Glamorgan, and administered as part of the
unitary authority
A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...
borough of
Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot ( cy, Castell-nedd Port Talbot) is a county borough in the south-west of Wales. Its principal towns are Neath, Port Talbot, Briton Ferry and Pontardawe. The county borough borders Bridgend County Borough and Rhondda Cynon Taf ...
, Wales. It is part of the
community
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of
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 ...
and lies within the
ceremonial county of
West Glamorgan
, HQ= County Hall, Swansea
, Government= West Glamorgan County Council (abolished 1996)
, Status=
, Start= 1974
, End= 1996
, Arms= ''Coat of arms of Wes ...
.
Cwmgors sits in the Neath constituency and is thus represented in Parliament by
Christina Rees and in the
Senedd by
Jeremy Miles
Jeremy Miles MS is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party politician, serving as Minister for Education and Minister for the Welsh Language in the Welsh Government since 2021. Miles has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for Neath since 2016. ...
.
Its church, Llanfair, falls under the Diocese of St David's. Its Welsh-medium primary school feeds to three local comprehensive schools, namely Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera for fully Welsh-medium education, Ysgol Uwchradd Dyffryn Aman for Welsh- and English-medium education, and Cwmtawe Community Comprehensive School for English-medium education.
Tommy Davies
Tommy Davies was a middleweight boxer who in 1945 fought and lost to
Marcel Cerdan
Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan (; 22 July 1916 – 28 October 1949) was a French professional boxer and world middleweight champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to ...
at The Palais des Sports, Paris, France. By 1948 Cerdan was world middleweight champion after defeating
Tony Zale
Anthony Florian Zaleski (May 29, 1913 – March 20, 1997), known professionally as Tony Zale, was an American boxer. Zale was born and raised in Gary, Indiana, a steel town, which gave him his nickname, "Man of Steel", reinforced by his reputat ...
in 1948 at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. Tommy Davies worked as a coal miner at Cwmgors Colliery and Abernant Colliery, up until circa 1979.
See also
*
Cwmgors RFC
*
The Electric Revelators
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cwmgors and surrounding area
{{Neath Port Talbot
Villages in Neath Port Talbot