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Cogan, Vale Of Glamorgan
Cogan is a suburb of Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales south of the centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff. Cogan contains one of the vale's four major leisure centres. History Cogan Pill The area that would become Cogan was known as Cogan Pill for much of its history. The pil (a tidal inlet, used as a harbour) lay within the commote of Dinas Powys and joined into the River Ely near today's Pont y Werin footbridge. The Pîl is no longer extant, having been developed into the Penarth Dock in the nineteenth century. The importance of the Pîl is however, still evident by its impact on the local toponymy, with Pill Street, Cogan Pill Road and the Cogan Pill House all being named for it. Cogan Pill House Maps of the Cogan area before the 1850s invariably mark the Cogan Pill and Cogan Pill House, but it is unclear when this house (now known as The Baron's Court) was first built. The historian David King suggested the site as a possible location for an earlier castle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vale Of Glamorgan
The Vale of Glamorgan ( cy, Bro Morgannwg ), often referred to as The Vale, is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. It borders Bridgend County Borough to the west, Cardiff to the east, Rhondda Cynon Taf to the north, and the Bristol Channel to the south. With an economy based largely on agriculture and chemicals, it is the southernmost unitary authority in Wales. Attractions include Barry Island Pleasure Park, the Barry Tourist Railway, Medieval wall paintings in St Cadoc's Church, Llancarfan, Porthkerry Park, St Donat's Castle, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park and Cosmeston Medieval Village. The largest town is Barry. Other towns include Penarth, Llantwit Major, and Cowbridge. There are many villages in the county borough. History The area is the southernmost part of the county of Glamorgan. Between the 11th century and 1536 the area was part of the Lordship of Glamorgan. In medieval times, the village of Cosmeston, near what is today Penarth in the south east of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogan Railway Station
Cogan railway station is a railway station serving Cogan in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is on the Vale of Glamorgan Line south of Cardiff Central on the way to Barry Island and Bridgend. Passenger services are operated by Transport for Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. History The current platforms were constructed in 1888, but until 1968 Cogan had two additional and separate platforms on the other side of the main Windsor Road, opened twenty years earlier in 1878 on the Penarth and Sully branch line, which extended from the Cogan Junction points around the coastline through Lavernock and Sully to where it rejoined the main line at Cadoxton. That through link was closed in 1968, and the line now terminates at Penarth. Dingle Road Halt and Penarth station remain open, but the two platforms at Cogan were closed when the line was reduced to a single-track spur. Most of the station buildings still stand but have been used by several private businesses includin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cogan Coronation Club
Cogan is a surname of Gaelic origin (not to be confused with the surname Kogan of Russian-Jewish origin). Notable people with the surname include: *Alma Cogan (1932–1966), English singer *Andrew Cogan, 17th-century agent of the English East India Company * Barry Cogan (footballer) (born 1984) * Barry Cogan (politician) (born 1936) *Brian Cogan (born 1954) * David G. Cogan (1908–1993), American ophthalmologist *Dean Cogan (1826–1872), Irish priest and writer *Fanny Cogan (1866–1929), American actress *Frank Cogan (born 1944), Irish Gaelic footballer *Henri Cogan (1924–2003), French actor and stuntman *Kevin Cogan (born 1956), American Formula 1 driver * Maggie Cogan (born 1943), American horse and carriage driver * Patrick Cogan (1903–1977), Irish politician *Philip Cogan (1750–1833), Irish composer * Pierre Cogan (1914–2013), French cyclist *Robert Cogan (born 1930), American composer and music theorist * Sara Cogan, English actress *Thomas Cogan (1736–1818), Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebron Church Cogan Penarth
Hebron ( ar, الخليل or ; he, חֶבְרוֹן ) is a Palestinian. city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Nestled in the Judaean Mountains, it lies above sea level. The second-largest city in the West Bank (after East Jerusalem), and the third-largest in the Palestinian territories (after East Jerusalem and Gaza), it has a population of over 215,000 Palestinians (2016), and seven hundred Jewish settlers concentrated on the outskirts of its Old City. It includes the Cave of the Patriarchs, which Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions all designate as the burial site of three key patriarchal/matriarchal couples. The city is often considered one of the four holy cities in Judaism. as well as in Islam. Hebron is considered one of the oldest cities in the Levant. According to the Bible, Abraham settled in Hebron and bought the Cave of the Patriarchs as a burial place for his wife Sarah. Biblical tradition holds that the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
