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Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen (Welsh: Gwauncaegurwen) is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman.
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen es una localidad situada en el condado de Neath-Port Talbot, en Gales (Reino Unido), con una población estimada a mediados de 2016 de 3141 habitantes. [ 1 ] Se encuentra ubicada al sur de Gales, entre Swansea , al oeste, y Cardiff , al este, y al norte del canal de Brístol .
The story of Gwaun-Cae –Gurwen began in the 17th Century – It was was part of the Caegurwen Manor and was initially open common land surrounded by mountains. The meaning of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is ‘White Hemlock Moor’ and was once known as Gwaun Ceger Wen: Gwaun=Moor, Ceger/Cegyr=Hemlock, Wen=White.
Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village and community in Neath Port Talbot, South West Wales. Historically a part of Glamorgan, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman. Overview.
Learn about the history of Gwaun-cae-gurwen, a village in West Glamorgan, from the book The History of Pontardawe and District. Discover the geography, people, roads, canals, railways and industries of the area.
The standard Welsh dictionary has detetrmined that the original name was Gwaun-cegyrwen, and that cegyrwen is a small white flower which must have grown on the common at one time. The English name is hemlock.
The men of the Gwaun-cae-Gurwen and of neighbouring Cwmgorse who fell during both World Wars, aa well as one man who died on active service in 1974, are commemorated on the Gwaen-cae-Gurwen war memorial, which is situated on New Road, Gwaun-cae-Gurwen.
