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    Skewen (Welsh: Sgiwen) is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The village is served by Skewen railway station and has...
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    The Skewen Dram Road was a 3 miles (5 km) long mining railway near Skewen in Wales with a gauge of 2 feet 7+1⁄2 inches (800 mm). The railway was built...
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    Skewen railway station serves the village of Skewen, south Wales. It is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen, 210 miles 26 chains (338 km)...
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  • Skewen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Skewen, South Wales. Skewen RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder...
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  • The Skewen Greyhound Stadium is a former greyhound racing track in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The track was located on the south side of the Swansea...
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  • Skewen Athletic Football Club were a Welsh football team based in Skewen in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The team played in the Welsh...
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    for services to music. Tyler was born Gaynor Hopkins on 8 June 1951 in Skewen, Neath, Wales. Her father, Glyndŵr Hopkins, was a coal miner and serviceman...
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    Oil Refinery, also known as the National Oil Refinery, BP Llandarcy and Skewen refinery, was the United Kingdom's first oil refinery, initially opened...
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  • League. The club was formed in 2005 following the merger between Neath and Skewen Athletic. Originally known as Neath Athletic A.F.C. the club played its...
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    until Izzard was five. The family then moved to Wales, where they lived in Skewen. Izzard was six when her mother died of cancer. The siblings built a model...
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    Adventure Travel (stylised as Adventuretravel; formerly NAT Group and New Adventure Travel) is a bus and coach company in South Wales. It is a subsidiary...
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  • prosecution. January 2006 Joyce Sutton Skewen, Wales Sutton, 65, was found dead in her bed at her home in Winifred Road, Skewen, on 11 January 2006. She had been...
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    (1963–, b. Pontrhydyfen), soprano; Sir Samuel Thomas Evans (1859–1918, b. Skewen), politician and judge; George Grant Francis (1814–1882, b. Swansea) historian...
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  • Cardonnel Halt railway station served the village of Skewen, in the historical county of Glamorganshire, Wales, from 1905 to 1936 on the Swansea and Neath...
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    continues down the floor of the Vale of Neath, bypassing Resolven, Neath and Skewen, before terminating at junction 43 of the M4 at Llandarcy. In 1990, a regional...
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    sister Victoria. As a youngster Hartson represented Lonlas Boys' Club in Skewen, playing his first match aged six. He joined Luton Town's Youth Training...
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  • 16 December 2023) was a Welsh international rugby union player. Born in Skewen, Richards attended Neath Grammar School and was a Welsh Schools representative...
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  • the previous election. The main focus of interest was in the Coedffranc (Skewen) ward where two sitting councillors were defeated, namely the outgoing Labour...
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    Pencoed, Bridgend, Pyle, Port Talbot Parkway, Baglan, Briton Ferry, Neath, Skewen, Llansamlet Crewe to Shrewsbury 1tp2h Nantwich, Wrenbury, Whitchurch, Prees...
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    Mackworth family. Crymlyn Bog a site of special scientific interest in Skewen near Neath. Cefn Coed Colliery Museum is a former coal mine now operating...
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  • Chris Bromham (born 20 July 1957 in Skewen), is a Welsh motorcycle stunt performer. Bromham is the current World Record holder of the motorcycle jump obstacle...
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  • refer to: Ske, an Icelandic band Ske or Seke language, spoken in Vanuatu Skewen railway station, Wales, National Rail station code Skien Airport, Geiteryggen...
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  • Wales. Today it has merged into an enlarged Skewen, occupying the central regions of the village of Skewen. Coedffranc is also a local government community...
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  • Neath Guardian, which covered the town itself, as well as Briton Ferry, Skewen, and the communities of the Neath and Dulais valleys, and the Port Talbot...
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  • unbeaten, winning all 22 games. The bottom two clubs that were relegated were Skewen and Glynneath (both to 1 West Cenrtral). Each team in the Championship will...
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  • Brynamman RFC Dunvant RFC Glynneath RFC Kenfig Hill RFC Nantyffyllon RFC Skewen RFC Tondu RFC Waunarlwydd RFC Aberystwyth RFC Crymych RFC Felinfoel RFC...
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  • Crynant, Jersey Marine, Llandarcy, Neath Abbey, Onllwyn, Seven Sisters, Skewen Neath Port Talbot, Powys SA11 NEATH Blaengwrach, Briton Ferry, Cimla, Glynneath...
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    Pontypool Road Pontypridd (Hawthorn) Pontypridd (Taff Vale Park) Porth Skewen Swansea (Fforestfach) Taff's Well Tredegar (Jesmond Dene) Tredegar (Recreation...
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  • team played in the Welsh Football League. In 2005 the team merged with Skewen Athletic to form Neath Athletic. The club was founded in 1922 as National...
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    Ystradfellte, which was proposed and promoted by Councillor Howells of Skewen. Llandarcy's proximity to Swansea docks, where crude oil could be transported...
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