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51°26′N3°10′W / 51.43°N 3.17°W. Penarth (/ pɛˈnɑːrθ / pen-ARTH, Welsh: [pɛnˈarθ]) is a town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Cardiff city centre on the west shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay. Penarth is a seaside resort in the Cardiff Urban ...
History of Penarth. Our oldest reference to Penarth goes back almost 1,000 years, to when Osbert, a Norman knight, granted land here to St Augustine’s Abbey in Bristol... The Abbot probably ran his estate here from a centre at Cwrt y Vil off Lavernock Road. Henry VIII grabbed his land, which was then given to Bristol Cathedral, and leased out ...
Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penarth like this: PENARTH, a sea-port and a parish in Cardiff district, Glamorgan. The sea-port adjoins Penarth-head, 3 miles S of Cardiff; is practically a suburb and a sub-port of Cardiff; communicates ...
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Penarth like this: PENARTH, a hundred in Cardigan; containing Caron-ys-Clawdd parish, and four other parishes. Acres, 86, 568. Pop., 6, 965. Houses, 1, 477. Penarth through time. Penarth is now part of Ceredigion district.
Penarth is a predominantly Victorian seaside town situated in the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. With a population of just over 22,000 it is a vibrant and exciting place to live, work and play. Penarth lies approximately four miles from Cardiff’s city centre with excellent transport links by rail and by bus. Many choose to live in Penarth ...
Dec 2, 2020 · By the end of the 1860s, Penarth’s population reached over 3,000, and its newly completed dock yard made South Wales the worlds biggest coal mining exporter of its time. Naturally, Victorian Penarth thrived and began building for some of the town’s most famous sports that we still love today. The affectionately named Garden by the Sea owes ...
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PENARTH, a township in Llanfair-Caereinion parish, Montgomery; near Llanfair. Real property, £3, 142; of which £14 are in quarries. Pop., 187. The location is that marked as "Penarth" on the modern 1:25,000 map, and less legibly on the nineteenth century First Series map. Penarth through time
