Sigingstone ( cy, Tresigin) is a small
hamlet
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
in the
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 ...
, Wales.
It mainly consists of residential housing and two small working farms. There are two roads - one leading to the two nearby towns
Llantwit Major and
Cowbridge
Cowbridge ( cy, Y Bont-faen) is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately west of the centre of Cardiff.
The Cowbridge with Llanblethian community and civil parish elect a town council.
A Cowbridge electoral ward exists for ...
, and the other to
Llanmihangel. It also has a 19th-century public house, called the Victoria Inn.
The village name is alternatively spelled "Sigginstone". This spelling is still used locally.
Llandow Air Disaster
The village was the location of the 1950
Llandow Air Disaster
The Llandow air disaster was an aircraft accident in Wales in 1950. At that time it was the world's worst air disaster with a total of 80 fatalities. The aircraft, an Avro Tudor V, had been privately hired to fly rugby union enthusiasts to an ...
when an
Avro 689 Tudor V crashed killing 80. The aircraft was on its final approach to the nearby
Llandow aerodrome.
External links
Photos of Sigingstone and surrounding areaat www.geograph.co.uk
Sigginstone Plane Crash 12 March 1950at south-wales.org
Villages in the Vale of Glamorgan
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