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Pentwyn Railway Station , 19th-century house in Monmouthshire
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Pentwyn (or Pen-twyn) may refer to the following places in south-east Wales: *Pentwyn, Cardiff, a district of the city of Cardiff ** Pentwyn (electoral ward) * Pentwyn, Caerphilly, a village in the Darran Valley *Pen-twyn, Carmarthenshire, a hamlet near Cross Hands *Pentwyn, Focriw, a hamlet in Caerphilly, near Focriw *Pentwyn, Torfaen, a village near Abersychan *Pen-twyn, Trinant, a village in Caerphilly, near Trinant *Pentwyn Berthlwyd, a village in Merthyr Tydfil, near Treharris *Pentwyn Deintyr, village in Merthyr Tydfil *Pentwyn-mawr, village in Caerphilly, near Pontllanfraith See also * Pentwyn, Llanllowell, 16th-century farmhouse in Monmouthshire, Wales * Pentwyn, Rockfield Pentwyn, Rockfield, Monmouthshire is a Victorian villa dating from the mid 19th century. Its origins are older but the present building was constructed by the Monmouth architect George Vaughan Maddox for himself in 1834–1837, and subsequently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentwyn, Cardiff
Pentwyn is a district, community and electoral ward in the east of Cardiff, Wales, located northeast of the city centre. Llanedeyrn is immediately to the south, Cyncoed to the west, Pontprennau to the north and the Rhymney River forms the eastern border. The population of the ward taken at the 2011 census was 15,634. Amenities Pentwyn has two pubs, the Village Inn and the Hollybush. A third pub built in 1987, The Murrayfield (subsequently named The Grand Slam and later The Pentwyn Arms) was converted in 2014 into a Morrisons M Local convenience store which having stood vacant since 2016 was demolished in November 2020. Pentwyn has its own shopping centre which includes a One Stop convenience store and Post Office, fish and chips shop, Indian takeaway, Chinese takeaway and betting shop. Pentwyn Retail Park, situated off the A48 junction near Pentwyn, hosts several other stores and food outlets. There are also several branches of supermarket chains in the local area. Pentwy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentwyn (electoral Ward)
Pentwyn is the name of an electoral ward in the northeast of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. It covers the communities of Pentwyn and Llanedeyrn (which was created from the southern part of Pentwyn in 2016). The ward has elected councillors to the post-1996 Cardiff Council and the pre-1996 Cardiff City Council. Description The Pentwyn ward is bordered to the north by the Pontprennau & Old St Mellons, to the west by Cyncoed and to the south by the Penylan ward. To the east the border is defined by the River Rhymney. The Pentwyn ward elected three councillors to Cardiff Council in 1995 and has elected four councillors since 1999. It has been represented by the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, with the Liberal Democrats dominating the ward since 2004. Councillor Judith Woodman, who won her Pentwyn seat at a 2003 by-election and had been deputy leader of the council and leader of the Liberal Democrat group, stood down at the May 2017 election. Between 1983 and 1996 Pentwyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darran Valley
Darran Valley ( cy, Cwm Darran) is a community in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. The Darran Valley consists of the valley of the Bargod Rhymni and contains the villages of Deri, Pentwyn and Fochriw. These settlements grew around the Industrial Age to serve the collieries of Fochriw, Pencarreg and Groesfaen. As of 2001, the community had a recorded population of 2,545., increasing to 2,607 in 2011. History The Groesfaen Colliery, which at was the deepest in the Darran Valley, opened around 1902. It was nationalised in 1947 and closed in 1968. from the BBC References {{Caerphilly Caerphilly ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentwyn, Torfaen
Abersychan is a town and community north of Pontypool in Torfaen, Wales, and lies within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire and the preserved county of Gwent. Abersychan lies in the narrow northern section of the Afon Lwyd valley. The town includes two schools; Abersychan Comprehensive School and Victoria Primary School; together with various shops and other amenities including Abersychan Rugby Club. Abersychan was the birthplace of the politicians Roy Jenkins, Don Touhig and Paul Murphy (MP for Torfaen); and of the rugby footballers Wilfred Hodder, Candy Evans and Bryn Meredith. History Like many of the 17th century isolated agricultural hamlets in the forested South Wales Valleys, Abersychan became a thriving industrial centre in the 19th and early 20th centuries, particularly for iron production. After the discovery of iron stone locally, the principal ironworks were built by the British Iron Company in 1825, served mainly by the LNWR's Brynmawr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentwyn Deintyr
Pentwyn Deintyr is a small Welsh community between Quakers Yard and Nelson, Caerphilly. The name Pentwyn Deintyr (= pen twyn (y) deintyr, top of the hill of the tenterhooks) is a link with the early woollen industry in the district. The name originates where tenterhooks were used in the process of stretching the wool. Notable residents World flyweight boxing champion Jimmy Wilde William James Wilde (15 May 1892 – 10 March 1969) was a Welsh professional boxer who competed from 1911 to 1923. He held the IBU world flyweight title in 1916, the EBU European flyweight title twice; firstly in 1914 and again from 1916 to 1 ... was born in Pentwyn Deintyr. Villages in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough {{wales-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pentwyn, Llanllowell
Pentwyn, Llanllowell, Monmouthshire is a farmhouse dating from the mid-16th century. The house is Grade II* listed, with the adjacent barn having its own Grade II listing. History and description Sir Cyril Fox and Lord Raglan, in their three-volume study '' Monmouthshire Houses'', date the building to 1560–1570. They describe it as originally constructed to an ''L''-plan. The house was rebuilt in the 18th century. On a tithe map of 1837, Pentwyn is recorded as being in the ownership of a Thomas James, and being farmed with 161 acres by a Mattias Goff. The 1895 '' Kelly's Directory'' for Monmouthshire records an Evans Francis as being resident. The architectural historian John Newman describes Pentwyn as "conspicuously sited on a hillock overlooking the River Usk. The farmhouse is of 2 storeys and the entrance front dates from the Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
