• Thumbnail for Blaengarw
    Blaengarw is the uppermost village in the river valley (Cwm Garw) of the River Garw, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. In the English language...
    6 KB (510 words) - 21:30, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for River Garw
    river") runs for about 12 miles from its source in the hills north of Blaengarw to the confluence with the River Ogmore and the River Llynfi at Aberkenfig...
    5 KB (744 words) - 22:49, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Blaengarw railway station
    Blaengarw railway station served the village of Blaengarw, in the historical county of Glamorgan, Wales, from 1902 to 1953 on the Garw Valley Railway...
    3 KB (105 words) - 10:59, 25 August 2022
  • Blaengarw Party Candidate Votes % ±% Independent Sorrel Dendy 270 52.2 New Labour Gareth Andrews 247 47.8 52.2 Majority 23 4.4 N/A Independent gain from...
    43 KB (51 words) - 22:17, 22 August 2024
  • the Rhondda Valley, Swansea and Caldicot. Polly and Iwan's house was in Blaengarw. Hospital scenes were filmed in Cefn Coed Hospital, Kallbridge Developments'...
    9 KB (905 words) - 09:58, 27 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for A roads in Zone 4 of the Great Britain numbering scheme
    southern end, which is unclassified. A4063 Bridgend Cymmer A4064 Sarn Blaengarw A4065 Tondu Brynmenyn A4066 St Clears Pendine Via Llanmiloe and Laugharne...
    71 KB (79 words) - 18:20, 8 November 2024
  • reasons for Evans's departure in 1947 to the much smaller church at Nebo, Blaengarw where he remained for seven years before retiring to North Wales. The...
    3 KB (434 words) - 20:32, 20 November 2024
  • (Gŵyr & rhosydd)). He later found work in Tredegar, Dowlais Ironworks, Blaengarw, and Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taff, where he spent 20 years. He returned...
    3 KB (382 words) - 00:36, 10 October 2022
  • Thumbnail for Ogmore (UK Parliament constituency)
    Penybont. 1983–2010: The Borough of Ogwr wards of Bettws, Blackmill, Blaengarw, Caerau, Llangeinor, Llangynwyd, Maesteg East, Maesteg West, Nantyffyllon...
    55 KB (1,456 words) - 12:28, 8 November 2024
  • spelling with "mm". At the northern (upper) end, towards its boundary with Blaengarw, the River Garw is joined by the Nant Gelli Wern ("Marsh Grove Stream")...
    5 KB (449 words) - 17:12, 12 October 2024
  • appointed as the full-time secretary-representative of the miners at Blaengarw. In 1926 during the General Strike as part of his job as a miners agent...
    10 KB (1,129 words) - 09:41, 2 June 2022
  • that it built a third railway originating from Tondu, from Brynmenyn to Blaengarw. The Garw Valley Line opened on 25 October 1876. Within 10 years of opening...
    12 KB (1,422 words) - 10:14, 4 October 2024
  • Railway promoted a further branch line to serve the central valley at Blaengarw. It was 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) long from Brynmenin Junction, a short distance...
    62 KB (7,914 words) - 19:07, 22 October 2024
  • (2002-2005) Lloyds TSB (2005-2008) Asda (2008-2015) SWALEC Banwen RFC Blaengarw RFC Bryncethin RFC Cefn Cribwr RFC Cwmgwrach RFC Hirwaun RFC Ogmore Vale...
    10 KB (473 words) - 21:13, 12 March 2022
  • Sarn, Ynysawdre, St Bride's Minor, Pontycymer, Llangeinor, Garw Valley, Blaengarw, Blackmill, Bettws, Aberkenfig VALE OF GLAMORGAN: St Brides Major Bridgend...
    10 KB (223 words) - 16:46, 12 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Garw Valley
    encompasses the valley of the River Garw. The community includes the village of Blaengarw at the head of the valley, followed by Pontycymer and Llangeinor on the...
    5 KB (355 words) - 20:24, 14 October 2024
  • unhappy. Shot by the BBC, the show was principally filmed on location in Blaengarw in rural Wales. Only a small amount of Welsh was spoken in the series:...
    4 KB (583 words) - 00:27, 5 August 2024
  • September 1938) was a Welsh international rugby union player. Born in Blaengarw near Bridgend, James was a tighthead prop and won his solitary Wales cap...
    2 KB (119 words) - 22:01, 16 April 2024
  • Garw valley. Following the merger of the two pits workers entering at Blaengarw had a 1–2 mile walk underground due to the closure of the access shaft...
    2 KB (282 words) - 22:28, 22 December 2020
  • Schoolboys, and Glamorgan County RFC, and at club level for Blaengarw RFC (in Blaengarw, Bridgend), and Bridgend RFC, and representative level rugby...
    10 KB (756 words) - 17:59, 22 October 2024
  • Blaengarw 1991 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour R. Williams 443 46.4 Independent D. Mordecai 385 40.4 Independent R. Smiles 126 13.2...
    23 KB (333 words) - 13:06, 16 December 2022
  • big away defeats at Mumbles 26-60, Tumble 3-29, Aberystwyth 5-55 and Blaengarw 6-45. This left Ystalyfera at the lower end of the league table at the...
    8 KB (185 words) - 07:25, 4 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gwynfi
    Glyncorrwg to the northwest; Treherbert of Rhondda Cynon Taff to the east; Blaengarw of Bridgend county borough to the south; and Cymmer to the west. The northern...
    3 KB (222 words) - 08:16, 24 May 2022
  • (to passengers) December 1960 (to all traffic) Tondu to Blaengarw line GWR? Tondu to Blaengarw (via Brynmenyn, Pontyrhyl and Pontycymmer) Closed in 1955...
    136 KB (266 words) - 15:00, 15 November 2024
  • Blaengarw 1995 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour (Ms) L. Davies 490 69.3 Independent R. Miles 217 30.7...
    15 KB (258 words) - 02:51, 17 January 2024
  • Bridgend County Borough, from 1999 to 2022: Aberkenfig Bettws Blackmill Blaengarw Brackla Bryncethin Bryncoch Bryntirion, Laleston and Merthyr Mawr Caerau...
    6 KB (344 words) - 20:44, 17 June 2024
  • Alf Davies (category People from Blaengarw)
    Davies (1896 or 1897 – 29 August 1951) was a Welsh trade unionist. Born in Blaengarw in Glamorgan, Davies began working as a coal miner, and joined the South...
    2 KB (169 words) - 12:18, 14 August 2022
  • Lyn Davies (rugby union) (category People from Blaengarw)
    2004) was a Welsh international rugby union player. Davies was born in Blaengarw and worked as a colliery worker. A bulky three-quarter, Davies was nicknamed...
    2 KB (126 words) - 21:58, 16 April 2024
  • Billy Rees (category People from Blaengarw)
    footballer and Wales international. Rees was born in Pwllcarn Terrace, Blaengarw. He had been working as a coal miner while playing amateur football for...
    4 KB (306 words) - 08:05, 22 September 2024
  • Canning Town and Ilford. She was evacuated from London to Ipswich and later Blaengarw, Wales, during Operation Pied Piper in 1939–1940. She joined the Women's...
    4 KB (371 words) - 04:01, 23 October 2024