Neath (Wales)
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Neath Castell-nedd |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 40 ′ N , 3 ° 49 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 50,658 (as of 2011) | ||
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| Part of the country | Wales | ||
| region | South wales | ||
| Preserved County | West Glamorgan | ||
Neath ( Welsh Castell Nedd ) is a middle town in Wales .
location
The city is located on the east, left bank on the lower reaches of the River Neath in South Wales, 11 km northeast of Swansea .
history
As early as 75 the Romans built a fort on the site of today's Neath. After the Norman conquest of South Wales , Robert of Gloucester built Neath Castle in the first half of the 12th century . In place of the castle, the Cistercian monastery Neath Abbey was built from 1130 , a new castle was built on the left bank of the River Neath. A settlement developed around this castle, which developed into a small market town and received a charter from Gilbert de Clare , Lord of Glamorgan, in 1280 . During the Reformation, Neath Abbey was disbanded. Because of the abundant energy sources in the surrounding valleys, hydroelectric power and coal, the metal industry developed early in Neath. From 1730 a copper smelter was built in the former monastery building . At the end of the 18th century, Neath Abbey Ironworks was established , one of the most important early industrial industries in Wales, using machines, locomotives and railroad tracks, e.g. B. for the Stockton and Darlington Railway , the first passenger line in the world. From 1921 Britain’s first large commercial oil refinery was built southwest of Neath , and the village of Llandarcy was founded for its workers . In 1985 the crude oil processing was stopped, in 1999 the plant, which covered an area of over 4 km², was closed. The systems were almost completely dismantled. The coal and steel industry has also disappeared from the area around Neath; the former Cefn Coed mine, which serves as a museum, is reminiscent of coal mining 8 km north.
In 1918 the Eisteddfod took place in Neath. The Borough of Neath became part of the new County West Glamorgan in 1974 , and in 1996 it was combined with Port Talbot and Pontardawe to form the new Neath Port Talbot County Borough .
Attractions
Neath still has a historic town center with the ruins of Neath Castle , the neo-Gothic church of St David's built in 1850 and other historic buildings, especially from the Victorian era . Nearby attractions include:
- Neath Abbey
- Gnoll Estate Country Park
- Cefn Coed Colliery Museum
- Aberdulais Tin Works and Waterfall
traffic
The M4 motorway south of the city connects Neath to Cardiff and Swansea, while the A465 , the Head of the Valleys Road , runs through the Vale of Neath to Mid Wales. Neath owns a station on the South Wales Railway .
Sports
Neath RFC , the Welsh All Blacks , was founded in 1871 and is the oldest rugby club in Wales. In 1881 the Welsh Rugby Union was founded in the Castle Hotel.
sons and daughters of the town
- Clayton Blackmore (born 1964), football player
- Michael Bogdanov (1938-2017), director
- Brian Bowditch (born 1961), mathematician
- Mark Bowen (born 1963), football player
- Harold Carter (1925-2017), human geographer
- Hugh Dalton (1887–1962), politician
- Ben Davies (* 1993), soccer player
- John Holloway (* 1948), violinist
- Richard Hibbard (born 1983), rugby player
- Paul James (born 1982), rugby player
- Thomas Garnet Henry James (1923–2009), Egyptologist
- Katherine Jenkins (* 1980), mezzo-soprano
- Della Jones (born 1946), opera singer
- Jamie Jones (* 1988), snooker player
- Donald Marcus Kelway Marendaz (1897–1988), fighter pilot, entrepreneur, racing car driver and designer
- Ray Milland (1907-1986), actor
- Craig Mitchell (born 1986), rugby player
- Barry Morgan (born 1947), Archbishop of Wales
- Steve Newbury (born 1956), snooker player
- William Nott (1782–1845), General
- Paul Rhys (born 1963), actor
- Bonnie Tyler (* 1951), rock and pop singer
- Derek Vaughan (born 1961), politician
- Ron Waldron (born 1933), rugby player
- Daniel Wells (* 1988), snooker player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official population figures 2011
- ↑ The Valleys: Vale of Neath. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 7, 2015 ; accessed on September 15, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Coflein: ANGLO-PERSIAN OIL REFINERY; LLANDARCY OIL REFINERY; SKEWEN OIL REFINERY; BP OIL REFINERY, LLANDARCY. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
- ↑ Welcome to Neath Port Talbot: Cefn Coed Colliery Museum. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
- ^ Gnoll Estate Country Park. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
- ^ National Trust: Aberdulais Tin Works and Waterfall. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
- ^ Welsh Rugby Union: A Brief History of the Welsh Rugby Union. Retrieved September 15, 2015 .
