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of 1831. St Mary's Church is the site of his grave. The castle site was built over between 1876 and 1897 and its foundations now lie underneath the streets around the church. There have been reports of a ghost, a white lady seen floating above the castle ruins. The ghost is speculated to be Jane de
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to divert the bottom of the Afan river to its present bed, and in 1836 opened a new harbour east of the river Afan with the name of "Port Talbot". The following decades saw significant industrial and population growth for Aberafan and the surrounding areas with people coming from North and West
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Little is known about Aberavon before Norman times. Bronze Age remains have been found in the hills behind the town. Roman artifacts have been found near the sea, including when the docks were being built in the 19th century.
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Wales, South West England, and Ireland. A new borough of Aberavon came into being in 1861, though at the time it was still smaller than nearby
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land called the Baglan Industrial Park which includes a number of out of town retail premises as well as business and manufacturing premises.
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Industrial Park lies on a stretch of Baglan Moors in the parish of Aberavon south east of the Baglan Energy Park and immediately northwest of
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Aberavon & Port Talbot Golf Club (now defunct) was founded in 1905. The course closed following WW2 and the land was used for housing.
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The Aberavon ward can be roughly divided into two parts. There is the residential area to the southeastern part of the ward beside the
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In the 18th century industry began to appear in the area. Industrialists worked with the Talbot family of
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is coterminous with district of Aberavon and is a part of the Welsh parliamentary constituency of
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From 1832 Aberavon had belonged to the Swansea parliamentary district of boroughs, uniting with
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to the south. The ward boundaries can be defined by the roads surrounding it which are the
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tried to seize the town charter as he passed through the town on his way to
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are a rugby union club based at Harlequin Road and play their rugby in the
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and the Great Flood of 1768, when the river flowed into St Mary's Church.
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Largest online collection of historical photos of Aberavon / Port Talbot
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and Swansea to return one member; from 1918 to 2024 it had its own
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Tradition has it that when the English Civil War broke out in 1648
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bread factory in premises which were previously occupied by
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to the north west; Afan Way to the southwest and the
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Starting in 2024 it was apart of the 617:In the 1950s many of the sand dunes of 256: 212: 180: 156: 104: 47: 1269:“Aberavon & Port Talbot Golf Club” 652:constituency. Its most famous MP was 306:Nigel Thomas Hunt (Plaid Cymru ) 292: 274: 240: 228: 216: 202: 190: 170: 138: 120: 7: 1037:Aberavon is bounded by the wards of 948:adding citations to reliable sources 778:adding citations to reliable sources 455:adding citations to reliable sources 1117:Port Talbot Parkway railway station 14: 2139:Populated coastal places in Wales 2134:Communities in Neath Port Talbot 1883: 1871: 1517: 1217:The History of Port Talbot Jones 924: 864:. 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Current occupants include 1: 565: 1838:Registered parks and gardens 1803:Parliamentary constituencies 662:Welsh Assembly constituency 107:OS grid reference 2155: 2129:Towns in Neath Port Talbot 876:, Iceland Food Warehouse, 862:Neath Port Talbot Hospital 646:UK parliament constituency 55:Aberavon from Mynydd Dinas 15: 1943: 1866: 1515: 1332: 1271:, "Golf's Missing Links". 313: 253: 213: 60: 48: 25:Human settlement in Wales 18:Aberavon (disambiguation) 733:Welsh Conference Premier 704:Aberavon Green Stars RFC 560:The English antiquarian 419:covering the same area. 101:5,452 (2011 census) 1755:Natural sites and parks 1746:Neath and Tennant Canal 1111:Nearest railway station 1061:to the north east; the 916:Government and politics 729:Aberavon Fighting Irish 742:Baglan Industrial Park 688:Welsh Premier Division 686:team, and play in the 627:Port Talbot Steelworks 593:, a key figure in the 381: 193:Postcode district 39: 698:WRU Division Two West 141:Preserved county 2018:Cymer and Glyncorrwg 1993:Clyne and Melincourt 1419:Cymer and Glyncorrwg 1394:Clyne and Melincourt 1196:democracy.npt.gov.uk 944:improve this article 774:improve this section 727:clubs is called the 667:Aberavon hosted the 451:improve this article 356:51.59943°N 3.80194°W 173:Sovereign state 16:For other uses, see 2038:Gwynfi and Croeserw 1833:Scheduled monuments 1782:Margam Country Park 1439:Gwynfi and Croeserw 1069:to the south east. 669:National Eisteddfod 584:storm surge of 1607 555:Edward le Despencer 352: /  123:Principal area 1777:Gnoll Country Park 1527:Towns and villages 1045:to the southwest; 904:superstores and a 723:One of Aberavon's 694:Aberavon Quins RFC 671:in 1932 and 1966. 361:51.59943; -3.80194 259:UK Parliament 236:Mid and West Wales 205:Dialling code 2116: 2115: 1936:Neath Port Talbot 1898: 1897: 1817:Listed buildings 1326:Neath Port Talbot 1192:"Find Councillor" 1078:industrial estate 1020: 1019: 1012: 994: 854: 853: 846: 828: 716:team, playing in 623:Sandfields estate 535:Iestyn ap Gwrgant 527: 526: 519: 501: 390:Neath Port Talbot 371: 370: 333:Neath Port Talbot 131:Neath Port Talbot 88:Neath Port Talbot 2146: 2033:Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen 1925: 1918: 1911: 1902: 1888: 1887: 1886: 1876: 1875: 1874: 1843:Lord Lieutenants 1787:Melincourt Falls 1772:Afan Forest Park 1767:Aberdulais Falls 1521: 1434:Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen 1319: 1312: 1305: 1296: 1272: 1266: 1260: 1259: 1257: 1255: 1245: 1239: 1233: 1227: 1214: 1208: 1207: 1205: 1203: 1188: 1182: 1181: 1179: 1177: 1168:. 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Index

Aberavon (disambiguation)
Welsh

Aberavon is located in Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot
OS grid reference
SS752904
Principal area
Neath Port Talbot
Preserved county
West Glamorgan
Country
Wales
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
SA12
Dialling code
Police
South Wales
Fire
Mid and West Wales
Ambulance
Welsh
UK Parliament
Aberafan Maesteg
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament
Aberavon
UK
Wales

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