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Dunvant
Dunvant (, and ) is a suburban district and Community (Wales), community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant (electoral ward), Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea city centre. The population as of the 2011 census was 4,383. It adjoins the area of Killay, Swansea, Killay. History Dunvant started out as a small village based around the History of coal mining, coal industry. The area between Dunvant and Gowerton was once quite heavily industrialised. with four nearby collieries Killan, Bishwell, Bryn Mawr and Dunvant. Bishwell and Bryn Mawr to the south of Gowerton were short-lived and closed in the 1870s. However, the Colliery, collieries in Dunvant have a longer history. Dunvant closed again in 1914. Killan ceased operations in 1925 following the disaster of 1924 in which five men were killed. At its peak it employed 900 men. Other industry included the Penlan (Dunvant) Brickworks and Quarry which althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunvant Male Choir
Dunvant Male Choir () is the oldest continuously singing Welsh choir and is based in Dunvant, Swansea, Wales. History The choir was founded in 1895, in the country traditionally known as the "land of song".Davies (2008), pg 579. Singing in harmony is synonymous with the Welsh choir and Wales has a history of using music as a primary form of communication.Davies (2008), pg 579. The arrival of the railway in 1867 changed Dunvant and its surrounding villages forever. It allowed the development of the coal seams in the area, local quarries, brick works and an iron foundry. It attracted people to move into the village and with the spread of new housing, to triple the size of the village. By good fortune the station master at Dunvant on the London and North Western Railway, Mr Isaac Peters (Station Master 1880–1892), was a man of some musical talent and he stirred the musical interests of the village by leading a mixed choir at Siloam Chapel and using the station waiting room f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunvant (electoral Ward)
Dunvant and Killay, formerly Dunvant (), is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK. It is named after the village of Dunvant and neighbouring Killay, which lie within the ward. The electoral ward consisted of some or all of the following areas, Derlwyn, Dunvant, Killay, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. It is bounded by Fairwood to the west; Gowerton to the north; Sketty Sketty () is a surburban district and community in Swansea, Wales, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea. Description The area approximates to the Vivian ... to the east. 2022 boundary changes Until 2022, Dunvant and Killay consisted of three wards: Dunvant represented by two councillors; Killay North and Killay South represented by one councillor each. Following a local authority ward boundary review, the three wards were merged to become 'Dunvant and Killay', with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunvant RFC
Dunvant Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Dunvant, Swansea in South Wales. Dunvant RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union. They competed in the Welsh Championship for the first time in 2016/2017, but were relegated back to the WRU Division One West the same season. In the 2024/25 season, the 1st XV will play in the WRU Championship West. The Athletic will have their first season in the national leagues competing in the WRU 5 West Central league. On May 17th 2024, Dunvant seniors won the West Wales Rugby Union Cup defeating Gowerton RFC. This was 24 years to the day since they first won the trophy beating Llandovery. Club honours * WRU Section D1983/04 - Champions * WRU Section C1985/06 - Champions * WRU Section A1989/90 - Champions * RU Division Two1990/91 - Champions * RU Division Two1992/93 - Champions * RU Division Two1995/96 - Champions * RU Division One1998/99 - Champions * RU Division Two West2005/06 - Champions * RU Division One West2015/16 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killay, Swansea
Killay () is a suburb and community in Swansea, Wales. Killay has its own community council. The village is set high above sea level, about west of Swansea city centre. It adjoins the town of Dunvant and the Tycoch area of Swansea. Gowerton lies to the north. The community had a population of 5,702 in 2011. The north of the area is mainly residential and is deemed a relatively affluent area of Swansea. The south of the area consists of an unpopulated common, which is used for grazing and forms part of Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is also another community called Upper Killay. Geography Killay Marsh Local Nature Reserve covers 21.3 acres (8.62 hectares) and comprises a mosaic of wetland habitats. Wet woodland (alder and willow carr), swamp and marsh habitat straddle the upper River Clyne with open marsh, fen, wet heath, with drier grassland and woodland on the slightly drier marginal area. The local nature reserve is a remnant of a much larger wetland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killay South
Killay South () was an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The ward was mainly rural and consisted of some or all of the following areas: Dunvant, Ilston, Killay, Sketty and Upper Killay in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. It was bounded by the wards of Dunvant and Killay North to the north; Sketty Sketty () is a surburban district and community in Swansea, Wales, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the Swansea city centre on Gower Road. It falls within the Sketty council ward of Swansea. Description The area approximates to the Vivian ... to the east; Mayals to the south; and Fairwood to the west. Election Results 2017 Election results for the election held on 4th May 2017: 2012 Election Results for the election held on 3rd May 2012: 2008 Election Results for the election held on 1st May 2008: 2004 Election Results for the election held on 10th June 2004: 1999 Election Results f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Granville Beynon
Sir William John Granville Beynon, CBE, FRS (24 May 1914 in Dunvant – 11 March 1996 in Aberystwyth) was a Welsh physicist. He co-operated with Sir Edward Victor Appleton, who had detected the terrestrial Ionosphere. Life history William John Granville Beynon was born in Dunvant, near Swansea, Wales on 24 May 1914, the youngest of four children. His father, a miner, held the responsible jobs of checkweightman and chief of the local mines rescue service. Beynon was educated at Gowerton Grammar School, before matriculating to the University of Swansea, where he studied physics. In 1938 he gained a position at National Physical Laboratory at Slough, near London, working closely with Sir Edward Appleton. Together they performed basic studies of radio wave propagation by reflection from these layers. This cooperation persisted over a few decades, during which Beynon as representative of Sir Edward held senior offices in national and international committees, and took active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Killay North
Killay North () is a former electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea, Wales which consisted of some or all of the following areas: Killay, Olchfa and Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West. The village of Killay is located mainly in this ward, set high above sea level, about 3.5 miles west of Swansea city centre. Killay North was bounded by Gowerton and Cockett to the north; Sketty to the east; Killay South to the south and Dunvant Dunvant (, and ) is a suburban district and Community (Wales), community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, and falls within the Dunvant (electoral ward), Dunvant ward. It is situated in a valley some 4.5 miles west of Swansea city ce ... to the west. Election Results 2017 election Results from the election held on 4th May 2017: 2012 election Results from the election held in 2012: 2008 election Results from the election held on 1st may 2008: 2004 election Result ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ormond
John Ormond (3 April 1923 – 4 May 1990), also known as John Ormond Thomas, was a Welsh poet and film-maker. Biography John Ormond Thomas was born on 3 April 1923 in Wales, at Dunvant, near Swansea. He studied philosophy and English at Swansea University, and at the same time studied painting at the Swansea School of Art. His early verse appeared in various periodicals, including Poetry Folios as Ormond Thomas. As John Ormond Thomas, his work appeared with that of James Kirkup and John Bayliss in ''Indications'' (1943), published by the Grey Walls Press. After graduation in 1945, on the strength of a portfolio of poems sent to the editor Tom Hopkinson, he was offered a three-month trial at Picture Post in London, after which he was made a staff writer. He returned to Swansea in 1949, as a sub-editor on the ''South Wales Evening Post''. During this time, friendships forged with Daniel Jones, Vernon Watkins, Alfred Janes and other members of Dylan Thomas's Kardomah gang, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hendrefoilan
Hendrefoilan is an area in Swansea, South Wales. The area overlaps northwest Sketty and east Killay, Swansea, Killay communities. The western part is often known as 'Student Village', which lies on the west bank of the Olchfa Stream, in the suburb of Killay. It was part of a satellite campus of Swansea University and consisted of a number of flats which were let out to university students. However, in 2022 the site was sold, and as of 2024 is being developed as a modern housing estate. History The main feature on the campus is Hendrefoelan House, a large private house built in 1853 by William B. Colling for Lewis Llewelyn Dillwyn (1814–92) then the Swansea District (UK Parliament constituency), Member of Parliament for Swansea and home for many years to his daughter, the novelist and industrialist Amy Dillwyn. The house housed the South Wales Miners' Library from the 1980s until 2006, when it was moved to the Coach House, also on the campus. It also formerly housed the Adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
