Cwmgwrach

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Cwmgwrach

Coordinates51.73°, -3.65°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Blaengwrach is a community near Glynneath and Resolven in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It is also the name of an electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough, which is a larger area than the Community. The principal settlement is Cwmgwrach, a village on the south side of the Neath valley, of which the eastern end is called Blaengwrach, which sometimes causes confusion. Gwrach is one of the streams feeding in to the River Neath- the village of Blaengwrach means “Beginning of the Gwrach” (stream) and Cwmgwrach means “Valley of the Gwrach” which refers to the Gwrach stream and not as some believe, the witch.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Thomas Mathews

British officer of the Royal Navy from Wales (1676-1751)

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Dan Lewis

football goalkeeper (1902-1965)

Jimmy Murphy

Welsh footballer and manager (1910-1989)

Bleddyn Williams

Welsh rugby union player (1923–2009)

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Samuel Parry

First World War pilot (1892–1918)

Samson of Dol

Welsh saint who settled down in Brittany (c. C.E.485 — c. 565)

Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton

British civil servant and crossbench peer (born 1942)

Elizabeth Griffith

Welsh-Irish writer

Thomas Button

Royal Navy officer and explorer

William Edwards

Welsh architect

Cadoc

Welsh saint

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Dai Morris

Welsh rugby union player

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Richard I. Aaron

Welsh philosopher (1901–1987)

Thomas Stephens

Welsh historian (1821–1875)

Magloire

Celtic bishop and saint

John Petherick

Welsh explorer (1813–1882)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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Books about Cwmgwrach

Search results from Open Library.