Baglan, Neath Port Talbot






























Baglan
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Baglan is located in Neath Port Talbot

Baglan

Baglan



Location within Neath Port Talbot

OS grid referenceSS746924
Principal area
  • Neath Port Talbot
Ceremonial county
  • West Glamorgan
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPORT TALBOT
Postcode districtSA12
Dialling code01639
PoliceSouth Wales
FireMid and West Wales
AmbulanceWelsh

EU ParliamentWales
UK Parliament
  • Aberavon
Welsh Assembly
  • Aberavon

List of places

UK

Wales

Neath Port Talbot

51°37′00″N 3°48′41″W / 51.6166°N 3.8115°W / 51.6166; -3.8115Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 3°48′41″W / 51.6166°N 3.8115°W / 51.6166; -3.8115

Baglan is a large village in Wales, adjoining Port Talbot, named after Saint Baglan.[1] Baglan is also a community and ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough. In 2001, the population was 6,654.[2]


Baglan is on the side of a steep hill and surrounded by two hills, Mynydd-y-Gaer to the north and Mynydd Dinas to the east. The moors and Baglan Bay are to the southwest. The village contains a number of historical buildings such as Baglan House, St. Catharine's Church, and St. Baglan's Church. The first St. Baglan's Church is now a shell after a fire in 1954. St. Catharine's Church was designed by Welsh architect John Prichard, an exponent of the neo-Gothic style and dedicated in 1882. Baglan House was one of the seats of the Villiers family, earls of Jersey.[3]


Baglan railway station is on the South Wales Main Line with trains to Cardiff and Swansea.




Contents





  • 1 Early history


  • 2 Sport


  • 3 People


  • 4 Community Groups


  • 5 Nearest Places


  • 6 See also


  • 7 External links


  • 8 Notes




Early history




St Catharine, Baglan


The earliest evidence of settlement here dates back to the Bronze Age with there being a tumulus called Twyn Disgwylfa on Mynydd Dinas and a round barrow within the hillfort of Buarth-y-Gaer just outside the boundary of Baglan.[4] There is also an Iron Age hillfort called Craig Ty-Isaf on the surrounding hill Mynydd-y-Gaer.[5] The Roman road (Via Julia) very possibly passed through the village, although the statement that there was once a Roman milestone at the junction of Old Road and Albion Road Approach is erroneous (the milestone in question is actually from Pyle).[6] Later, a Dark Age (Early Christian period) church was founded here, as can be seen from a few local Early Christian stones, especially the Cross of Brancu (dated 9th - 10th century) which is in the vestry of St Catharine's church. The inscription on the Cross of Brancu(f) could be a dedication to Brancuf,[7] or reads as Brancu f(ecit).[8] i.e. was made by Brancu or may be Brancu followed by a chi-rho monogram.[9] (the name Brancu is preceded by a simple Latin cross in any case). According to tradition the church was founded by the aforementioned St Baglan.


In the medieval period, the church (dedicated to St Baglan) was rebuilt seemingly on the same site.[10] The church burnt down in 1954 although ruins still exist at the top of the churchyard of St Catharine's church. There was a medieval castle within the parish boundary which is known by the name 'Plas Baglan'. This is sited above the Baglan Brook and is heavily overgrown (and not readily accessible). Although more usually thought of as a manor house than a castle, it is a "strongly fortified site, a castle rather than a moated site ... a masonry castle that existed by the 13th century".[11] It did, however, become a manor house and had literary associations in the 15th & 16th centuries. Several house platforms from the medieval period also exist on the hills behind the village.[12]



Sport





Baglan Rugby Football Club


Baglan is home to four sporting associations; Baglan Rugby Football Club, Baglan Football Club, Baglan Cricket Club.
Also home to Tyn-Y-Twr Bowling Club, Captain Phillip Reese David.



People



  • Michael Williams, who was created Baron Williams of Baglan, of Neath Port Talbot in Glamorgan on 23 July 2010.[13]


  • Rob Brydon, the comedian was born in Baglan.[14]


Community Groups


Baglan was home to the Harmonelles Jazz Band (formerly known as the Baglan Blue Peters) winners of the 2007 world jazz band championships (division 2). They disbanded in 2012.



Nearest Places


  • Baglan Bay

  • Briton Ferry

  • Aberavon

  • Sandfields


See also


  • Baglan Bay power station

  • Saint Baglan

  • List of Scheduled Monuments in Neath Port Talbot


External links



  • Media related to Baglan, Neath Port Talbot at Wikimedia Commons


Notes




  1. ^ The Oxford Names Companion (2002), Oxford University Press, p925. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    ISBN 0-19-860561-7


  2. ^ Lead Key Figures


  3. ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press 2008


  4. ^ Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976), An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume I Part I, HMSO, p81.
    ISBN 0-11-700588-6


  5. ^ Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976), An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume I Part II, HMSO, pp 26, 46 & 55.
    ISBN 0-11-700589-4


  6. ^ A L Evans (1970), The Story of Baglan, published by the author, p18


  7. ^ V. E. Nash-Williams (1950), the Early Christian Monuments of Wales, University of Wales Press, p130.


  8. ^ Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1976), An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume I Part III, HMSO, p43.
    ISBN 0-11-700590-8


  9. ^ A L Evans (1970), The Story of Baglan, published by the author, p21


  10. ^ P R Davies & S Lloyd-Ferne (1990), Lost Churches of Wales & the Marches, Sutton, p30,
    ISBN 0-86299-564-7


  11. ^ Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1991), An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume III Part 1b, HMSO, p149


  12. ^ Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales (1982), An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Volume III Part II, HMSO, p32,
    ISBN 0-11-701141-X


  13. ^ "No. 59501". The London Gazette. 28 July 2010. p. 14415.


  14. ^ "BBC Comedy Rob Brydon". Retrieved 12 September 2016.









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