infobox UK place country Wales static image File Gowerton, Church Street geograph.org.uk 184787.jpg 250px welsh name Tre g yr constituency welsh assembly Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Gower official name Gowerton unitary wales Swansea lieutenancy wales West Glamorgan constituency westminster ... Statistics Gowerton 2001 ref The village of Gowerton lang cy Treg yr is situated about 4 miles north west of Swansea city centre , Wales . Gowerton is often known as the gateway to Gower Peninsula Gower . Gowerton s original name was Ffosfelin. The village falls within the Gowerton electoral ward Gowerton electoral ward of Swansea . In 1980, the Welsh National Eisteddfod was hosted on the Elba ... on the road to Penclawdd. Geography Gowerton is bordered by Penclawdd , Dunvant , Waunarlwydd ... People from Gowerton are often referred to as starch on account of when the local area processed ... in the Gowerton area hence the name starch . This contrasts with the manual workers who resided ... famous cockles. Citation needed date March 2009 Gowerton is twinned with La Gacilly in the Brittany Bretagne Regions of France r gion of France . Education Gowerton has four schools Treg yr Infants School, Treg yr Junior School, Gowerton Comprehensive School and Ysgol Gyfun G yr Welsh medium comprehensive school . Religion Gowerton once had five church buildings St John s Church built 1882 , Tabernacl .... Transport Bus services are provided by First Cymru and Veolia Cymru . These depart Gowerton, Hill Street or Sterry Road. Gowerton railway station is served by the West Wales Line . Gowerton once ... rugby club is Gowerton RFC . Gowerton s Elba Sports Complex is home to Swansea Senior League Second Division, Gowerton FC. See also Villages in Gower References Reflist External links http www.page net.com swansea.localhistory gowertonGowerton local history Gower Peninsula Category Districts of Swansea Category Villages in Swansea Category Swansea Bay region cy Tre g yr pl Gowerton ... more details
Rugby team teamname Gowerton RFC fullname Gowerton Rugby Football Club nickname Starch location Gowerton , Wales countryflag Wales founded 1884 ground capacity president John Knox chairman Neil Evans coach Wyn Banfield league WRU Division Five South West season 2009 10 position 4th ref http www.wru.co.uk 2104.php WRU website ref url www.gowertonrfc.co.uk pattern la1 blackborder trim pattern b1 thinblacksides pattern ra1 blackborder trim leftarm1 FFFFFF body1 FFFFFF rightarm1 FFFFFF shorts1 000000 socks1 000000 Gowerton Rugby Football Club is a Wales Welsh rugby union club based in Gowerton near Swansea , Wales officially founded in 1884. Gowerton RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys rugby team Ospreys . ref cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk sport1 hi rugby union welsh 3877085.stm title Wales regional rugby map author BBC News publisher BBC date 2004 07 08 accessdate 2008 07 03 ref Gowerton RFC presently run a Senior XV, Seconds and Junior teams. Notable past players See also Category Gowerton RFC players flagicon WAL David John Thomas 10 caps flagicon WAL Stephen Thomas rugby player Stephen Thomas 3 caps flagicon WAL Billy Williams rugby player Billy Williams References reflist Rugby Wales links wales rugbyunion team stub Category Rugby union in Swansea Category Sports clubs established in 1884 Category Welsh rugby union teams ... more details
Infobox GB station symbol rail name Gowerton other name lang cy Tre g yr code GWN image name Gowerton Railway Station.jpg manager Arriva Trains Wales locale Gowerton borough Swansea platforms 1 start lowusage0405 pad 1em 10,618 lowusage0506 decrease 8,908 lowusage0607 increase 13,768 lowusage0708 increase 23,357 lowusage0809 increase 33,318 lowusage0809 increase 42,674 lowusage1011 increase 66,346 Gowerton railway station originally Gowerton North serves the village of Gowerton , Wales . It is located at street level on Station Road in Gowerton. Since it is unmanned, tickets need to be bought in advance or on the train. Gowerton is served approximately every two hours by Arriva Trains Wales services heading westbound towards Llanelli , where they continue to either West Wales or to Shrewsbury via the Heart of Wales Line and eastbound towards Swansea . On those services that do stop, it is a request stop . The station only has one platform, being sited on the section between Cockett and Duffryn, Carmarthenshire Duffryn which was singled in the 1980s as an economy measure. Network Rail has proposals to re double the section of railway in the vicinity of this station in around 2010, and re instate the other disused platform. This will allow more trains to stop at this station as well as allow more traffic to pass this section of railway. ref http www.networkrail.co.uk browse 20documents rus 20documents route 20utilisation 20strategies wales wales 20rus.pdf Network Rail Wales RUS Network Rail website Retrieved 2008 06 25 ref The current Gowerton Station was formerly known as Gowerton North to distinguish it from the Gowerton South railway station which served the now closed Pontarddulais to Swansea Victoria section of the Heart of Wales Line until 1964. Notes Reflist External links stn art lnk GWN SA43AJ rail start rail line previous Swansea railway station Swansea next Llanelli ... railway request stops cy Gorsaf reilffordd Tre g yr nl Station Gowerton ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Gowerton Ward WardMap Image Wm swansea gowerton.jpg GridReference SS5996 Principal Locality Gowerton Total Population 4,928 2001 census Land Area 7.55 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA4 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Gower Constituency Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower Gowerton lang cy Treg yr is the name of an Ward politics electoral ward , a Community council community in the county of Swansea , Wales , United Kingdom UK . It is named after Gowerton village which falls within the ward. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas Gowerton , Penclawdd, Waunarlwydd, in the parliamentary constituency of Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower . It is bordered by Penclawdd and Fairwood, Swansea Fairwood to the south west Killay North and Killay South to the south Cockett to the east and Lower Loughor , Upper Loughor , the Loughor estuary and Kingsbridge electoral ward Kingsbridge to the north. The turnout for Dunvant in the 2008 local council elections was 41.84 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Susan Mary Jones Independents 535 Independents gain Lyndon Richard Jones Conservatives 491 Ronald Morgan Thomas Labour 475 Michael John Sheehan Liberal Democrats 181 External links http www.gowercc.org.uk Gower Community Councils br clear all Swansea coord 51.64507 N 4.03924 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS5996 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Swansea electoral wards Category Communities in Swansea ... more details
refimprove date February 2011 Infobox UK school name Gowerton School image size latitude 51.64263 longitude 4.03617 dms motto Mi ddylwn, mi allaf, mi fynnaf English translation I should, I can, I will motto pl established 1973 approx closed c approx type Comprehensive religion president head label Headteacher head Mr Peter Harrison r head label r head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist street Cecil Road city Gowerton county Swansea country Wales flagicon Wales postcode SA4 3DL LEA Swansea ofsted yes dfeno 4063 urn 401770 staff enrollment 1350 gender Coeducation al lower age 11 upper age 18 houses colours maroon publication free label 1 Former name free 1 Gowerton Grammar School free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.gowerton.swansea.sch.uk website name Gowerton School Gowerton School is a public secondary school located in the heart of Gowerton village, near Swansea , United Kingdom . History Intermediate School The school opened in 5 Oct 1896 in Talbot Street as a co educationasl Intermediate school under Welsh Intermediate Education Act 1889. It was known locally as Gowerton County School. Grammar school In May, 1940 the Talbot Street school became a boys grammar school when a girls grammar school opened on Cecil Road . Comprehensive The school in its present form was created in 1973 from the merger of Gowerton Girls Grammar School and Gowerton Boys ... the school was centralised on the Cecil Road former girls school site. Gowerton School today serves pupils from the north and west of the Gower peninsula and from the Swansea suburbs of Gowerton ... Llanelli Head of Languages from 1986 92 Notable former pupils see also Category People educated at Gowerton ... rugby player Andy Williams , rugby player Dan Biggar , rugby player Gowerton Grammar School see also Category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School Prof Sir http www.mist.ac.uk beynon.html Granville ... External links Gowerton School website http www.gowerton.swansea.sch.uk ESTYN Inspection report ... more details
refimprove date April 2009 John Barrie Pook born 2 February 1942 is a British poet. John Pook was born at Neath in South Wales, but grew up in Gowerton , near Swansea , and attended Gowerton Boys Grammar School . He afterwards took Master s degrees, in English at Queens College, Cambridge Queens College , University of Cambridge Cambridge University 1964 , and in Linguistics at Bangor University . He has worked as an editor for an airline reservation company, and lives in the South of France. He has contributed to many poetry magazines and anthologies, and has published two collections of his verse That Cornish Facing Door Published by Gomer Press ISBN 0850883172 1975 and Needing the Experience 2008 . In 1971 Pook won the Eric Gregory Award for Poetry. ref cite web url http www.societyofauthors.org eric gregory past winners title The Eric Gregory Trust Fund Awards Past Winners work Society of Authors author date accessdate 30 January 2011 ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pook, John ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 2 February 1942 PLACE OF BIRTH Neath DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Pook Category British poets Category People from Swansea Category 1942 births Category Living people Category Welsh poets Category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School UK poet stub Wales writer stub ... more details
Infobox person name Wyn Davies image Wyn davies 1999.JPG alt Wyn Davies caption Davies in 1999 birth name birth date Birth date and age 1952 5 8 df y birth place Gowerton , West Glamorgan , Wales , United Kingdom UK death date Death date and age YYYY MM DD YYYY MM DD death date then birth date death place nationality British other names known for occupation Conductor Wyn Davies born in 8 May 1952 in Gowerton is a Wales Welsh conducting conductor . ref World Who s Who , Routledge, 2011. ref After graduating from Christ Church, Oxford , Davies joined the Welsh National Opera as a Staff Conductor in 1974. From 1987, Davies spent two years as assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera , New York and undertook two winter seasons for the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts in Canada which included the 1989 award winning production of Weill s Threepenny Opera in Toronto. In 2005 Davies was appointed director of music to New Zealand Opera. ref http www.aucklandphil.co.nz index.php ps pagename conductor pi artistid 74 Auckland Philharmonic ref In Britain he regularly conducts at the Buxton Festival , with the Hall Orchestra and for Opera North . References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Davies, Wyn ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Welsh conductor, musical director of New Zealand Opera DATE OF BIRTH 8 May 1952 PLACE OF BIRTH Gowerton , West Glamorgan , Wales , United Kingdom UK DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Davies, Wyn Category 1952 births Category Living people Category Welsh conductors music ... more details
school located on Roseland Road. Older children mainly attend Gowerton Comprehensive School in the neighbouring ... play their home games at the Elba in Gowerton Pool there are tables in the Masons Arms, Village Inn ... http www.yloginfach.ik.org YGG Y Login Fach http www.gowerton.swansea.sch.uk Gowerton Comprehensive ... more details
Gowerton , Wales DEFAULTSORT Thomas, Stephen Category Welsh rugby union players Category Wales international ... Gowerton RFC players Category 1865 births Category 1937 deaths ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Upper Loughor Ward WardMap Image Wm swansea upper loughor.jpg GridReference SS5898 Principal Locality Loughor Total Population 2,845 2001 census Land Area 1.61 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA4 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Gower Constituency Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower Upper Loughor lang cy Casllwchwr Uchaf is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea , Wales . The ward covers the eastern part of the town of Loughor in the parliamentary constituency of Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower . It is bounded by Lower Loughor and the Loughor estuary to the west Penyrheol electoral ward Penyrheol to the north Kingsbridge electoral ward Kingsbridge to the east and Gowerton electoral ward Gowerton to the south. In the 2008 local council elections, the turnout for Upper Loughor was 42.69 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Darren Price Plaid Cymru 531 Plaid Cymru hold Harding John Snr. Richards Labour 199 Wynford Jones Independents 105 Alan Thomas Protheroe Conservatives 89 br clear all Swansea coord 51.66279 N 4.05450 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS5898 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Swansea electoral wards ... more details
Llwchwr is a community Wales community at the far western edge of the City and County of Swansea , Wales , United Kingdom UK . Llwchwr comprises the town of Loughor and the village and district of Kingsbridge, Swansea Kingsbridge . Llwchwr has its own community council. For administration it comprises the electoral wards of Upper Loughor , Lower Loughor and Kingsbridge electoral ward Kingsbridge . The community is home to Garden Village F.C. Garden Village FC of the Welsh Football League, Carmarthenshire League Division 2 outfit Loughor Rovers and Loughor RFC who ply their trade in ASDA Nation League Division 1 West. The community of Llwchwr is located next to the river Loughor, near the Carmarthenshire Swansea border. It was previously part of the Lliw Valley district of South west Wales pre 1996 . Llwchwr is bounded by the Community Wales local government communities of Gowerton electoral ward Gowerton to the south West, Cockett electoral ward Cockett to the south East, Gorseinon electoral ward Gorseinon to the North and Bynea Carmarthenshire to the west. The community of Llwchr, together with the community of Gorseinon is twinned with Ploermel in France . http www.twinning.org.uk uk twinnings.htm Swansea Category Communities in Swansea ... more details
Peter Stead born 1943 in Wales 1943 is a Wales Welsh writer, broadcaster and historian. ref http www.seren books.com authors ?author id 1479 Seren ref Stead was born in Barry, Wales , and attended grammar school s at Barry and Gowerton . A graduate of University College, Swansea , he was subsequently a visiting Fulbright scholar at Wellesley College , and at the University of North Carolina . He is Chairman of the Dylan Thomas Literary Prize . ref http newwritinginternational.com 2006 09 21 peter stead New Writing International ref Along with the late Patrick Hannan presenter Patrick Hannan , Stead has been a member of the Welsh team in the radio series Round Britain Quiz for several years. Works Coleg Harlech 1976 Ivor Allchurch Christopher Davies, 1998 Film and the Working Class 1989 Richard Burton So Much, So Little 1991 Dennis Potter 1995 Acting Wales Stars of Stage and Screen 2002 ref http www.uwp.co.uk book desc 1623.html University of Wales Press ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stead, Peter ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1943 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stead, Peter Category 1943 births Category Welsh writers Category Welsh broadcasters Category Living people Category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School ... more details
Ifor Davies 9 June 1910 &ndash 6 June 1982 was a Welsh Labour Party politician. Davies was educated at Gowerton School, Swansea Technical College and Ruskin College, Oxford . He was an industrial personnel officer and served as a councillor on Glamorgan County Council , representing Gowerton 1958 61. Prior to election to Parliament, he was Agent to his predecessor, Rt Hon David Grenfell . He married Doreen Griffiths and had two children, Wyn and Janet. Wyn Davies conductor has a distinguished musical career being Director of Music with New Zealand Opera. Davies was Member of Parliament MP for Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower from 1959 until he died in office in 1982. He was succeeded by Gareth Wardell . Under Harold Wilson , Davies was a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Welsh whip politics whip from 1964 to 1966 and a junior minister at the Welsh Office from 1966 to 1969. He was also a former Chairman of the Welsh Grand Committee and Member of the Speaker s Panel of Chairmen. In 1971, Davies was one of the sixty nine Labour MPs who defied the Labour Whip to vote in favour of entry to the EEC. He campaigned for a No vote in the 1978 referendum in Wales on the establishment of a Welsh Assembly, along with other members of the Gang of Six , Neil Kinnock , Leo Abse , Donald Anderson , Alfred Evans politician and Ioan Evans . Throughout his tenure as MP, he was sponsored by the white collar trade union APEX. Ifor Davies was a man of Christian principles who, for many years, was Secretary of Tabernacle Chapel, Gowerton, continuing in that role whilst a Member of Parliament. He was also a former Chairman of the Council of Swansea University. He resided at Ty Pentwyn, Three Crosses on Gower. References Times Guide to the House of Commons , 1966 & 1979 Rayment date February 2012 S start s par uk succession box title Member of Parliament for Gower UK Parliament constituency ... Category 1982 deaths Category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School ... more details
of this line alongside replacement of the Loughor railway viaduct and re doubling of the track at Gowerton ... Main Line and Gowerton station. ref http www.networkrail.co.uk documents 3112 Route 2014 20South ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Fairwood Ward WardMap Image Wm swansea fairwood.jpg GridReference SS5794 Principal Locality Upper Killay Total Population 2,774 2001 census Land Area 13.44 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA2, SA4 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Gower Constituency Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower The electoral ward of Fairwood , City and County of Swansea , Wales , UK consists of some or all of the following areas Dunvant , Upper Killay , Poundffald and Three Crosses, Swansea Three Crosses in the parliamentary constituency of Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower . The ward is bounded by the wards of Gower electoral ward Gower and Pennard to the south west Penclawdd electoral ward Penclawdd to the north west Gowerton electoral ward Gowerton to the north east Dunvant electoral ward Dunvant and Killay South to the east Mayals electoral ward Mayals to the south west and Bishopston electoral ward Bishopston to the south. The village of Upper Killay is located in the Fairwood ward about 3.5 miles west of Swansea City Centre. Local council elections 2008 In the United Kingdom local council elections for 2008, the voter turnout in Fairwood was 52.38 . The results of voting were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Paxton Richard Hood Williams Cons 607 Conservative hold David Henry Owen Elliott Liberal Democrats 304 John Gunther Bushell Independents 158 Elisabeth Ann Davies Independents 66 Ana Rosa Boyain Y Goitia Griffiths Green Party 48 Fairwood Common Despite the name, Fairwood Common and Swansea Airport actually falls within the Gower electoral ward Gower electoral ward. br clear all Swansea coord 51.62659 N 4.06731 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS5794 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Swansea electoral wards ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Killay North Ward WardMap Image Wm swansea killay north.jpg GridReference SS6093 Principal Locality Killay Total Population 3,436 2001 census Land Area 1.99 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA2 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Swansea West National Assembly for Wales constituency Swansea West Constituency Swansea West UK Parliament constituency Swansea West Killay North lang cy Cil Gogledd is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea , Wales which consists of some or all of the following areas Killay , Olchfa and Waunarlwydd , in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea West UK Parliament constituency Swansea West . The village of Killay is located mainly in this ward, set high above sea level, about 3.5 miles west of Swansea city centre . Killay North is bounded by Gowerton electoral ward Gowerton and Cockett electoral ward Cockett to the north Sketty electoral ward Sketty to the east Killay South to the south and Dunvant electoral ward Dunvant to the west. For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout in Killay North was 34.25 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status Mary Helen Jones Liberal Democrats 646 Liberal Democrats hold Gareth Raymond Milne Conservatives 236 Jason James Sannegadu Labour 192 br clear all Swansea coord 51.61836 N 4.02360 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS6093 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Swansea electoral wards ... more details
Infobox rugby biography name Gareth Roberts image caption birth name Gareth John Roberts birth date Birth date and age 1959 1 15 df yes birth place Pont Lliw , Wales height weight ru position No. 8 ru amateuryears ru amateurclubs Pontarddulais RFC br Swansea RFC br Cardiff RFC br Llanelli RFC br Barbarian F.C. ru amclubcaps ru amclubpoints ru amupdate ru nationalteam Wales national rugby union team Wales ru nationalyears 1985&ndash 1987 ru nationalcaps 7 ru nationalpoints 12 ru ntupdate ru coachclubs ru coachyears ru coachupdate school Gowerton Comprehensive university University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology Gareth John Roberts 15 January 1959, Pont Lliw ref http www.scrum.com wales rugby player 9560.html scrum.com site ref is a former international Wales national rugby union team Wales rugby union player. He was in the Wales squad for the 1987 Rugby World Cup , scoring two tries. References reflist Wales Squad 1987 World Cup Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Roberts, Gareth ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Welsh rugby union player DATE OF BIRTH 15 January 1959 PLACE OF BIRTH Pont Lliw , Wales DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Roberts, Gareth Category 1959 births Category Living people Category People from Swansea Category Welsh rugby union players Category Wales international rugby union players Category Swansea RFC players Category Cardiff RFC players Category Llanelli RFC players Category Barbarian F.C. players Category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School Wales rugbyunion bio stub fr Gareth Roberts ... more details
Infobox swansea electoral ward Electoral Ward Kingsbridge Ward WardMap Image Wm swansea kingsbridge.jpg GridReference SS5998 Principal Locality Garden Village Total Population 4,089 2001 census Land Area 4.82 2001 census Local Council City and County of Swansea NoofCouncillors 1 PostCodes SA4 DiallingCode 44 1792 AssemblyConstituency Gower National Assembly for Wales constituency Gower Constituency Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower Kingsbridge lang cy Pontybrenin , is an electoral ward in the City and County of Swansea , Wales . Kingsbridge is part of the Llwchwr Community Wales Town council area. The Kingsbridge ward is bordered by the wards of Gowerton electoral ward Gowerton , Cockett electoral ward Cockett and Penderry to the south Gorseinon electoral ward Gorseinon and Penllergaer electoral ward Penllergaer to the north and Upper Loughor to the west. The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas Kingsbridge, Swansea Kingsbridge , Garden Village, Swansea Garden Village and Stafford Common in the parliamentary constituency of Gower UK Parliament constituency Gower . Kingsbridge is a mainly rural ward but it also has a scattering of industrial areas. For election purposes, Kingsbridge is broken down into the polling districts of Kingsbridge and Garden Village. For the 2008 local council elections, the turnout was 46 . The results were class wikitable sortable Candidate Party Votes Status William Evans Labour 541 Labour hold Catherine Emma Maiden Independents 458 Phillip Edward Sillick Conservative 314 Pauline Ann Selvage Plaid Cymru 184 External links http www.page net.com swansea.localhistory gorseinon index.html Gorseinon History br clear all Swansea coord 51.66304 N 4.04005 W region GB source enwiki osgb36 SS5998 display title Note WGS84 lat long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref Category Swansea electoral wards ... more details
orphan date March 2010 Arun Daniel Midha , Justice of the peace JP , British degree abbreviations BSCEcon , MBA , PhD born 24 April 1964 is a British academic, who has sat as a lay member on the General Medical Council and currently sits on the Audience Council Wales and the Welsh Language Board , having learnt the language as an adult. ref http www.bbc.co.uk wales audiencecouncil sites content pages arun midha.shtml BBC Wales web site ref Midha was educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School , ref http www.gowertonian society.co.uk head prefects.htm Gowertonian Society ref Exeter College, Oxford , Cardiff Business School and Swansea University . Until 2009 he was responsible for strategic and business planning of postgraduate medical and dental education in Wales at the School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education ref http www.pmetb.org.uk index.php?id 949 PMETB ref at Cardiff University . ref http www.cardiff.ac.uk pgmde resources 17292 cu strategic doc E 2.pdf The Welsh Deanery ref On the 4 sup th sup of April 2012, Arun was appointed High Sheriff of South Glamorgan. ref http www.highsheriffs.com InNom 20HSs.htm ref reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Midha, Arun Daniel ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 24 4 1964 PLACE OF BIRTH Swansea DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Midha, Arun Category Date of birth unknown Category People from Swansea Category People educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School Category Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Category Alumni of Cardiff University Category Alumni of Swansea University Category Academics of Cardiff University Category Living people Wales bio stub ... more details
Portal Anglicanism The Canon priest Very Rev. Canon Hywel Islwyn Davies , PhD was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid 20th century. ref Crockford s Clerical Directory 1975 76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBn 0108153674 ref br Born on 14 February1909 ref Who s Who Who was Who 1897 2007 London, A & C Black , 2007 ISBN 9780199540877 ref and educated at Gowerton Grammar School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge , he was ordained in 1936. After a Curate curacy in Merthyr Tydfil he was a Lecturer at St David s College, Lampeter . He held Vicar incumbencies at Llanstephan , Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion Llanbadarn Fawr and then Llanelli before being appointed Dean religion Dean of Bangor in 1957. In 1961 he joined the staff of the University of Ife and was Professor of Philosophy of religion Philosophy of Religion there from 1966 to 1969. He was Rector of Collyweston from 1969 to 1976. He died on 19 February 1981. ref Deaths The Times Monday, Feb 23, 1981 pg. 24 Issue 60859 col A ref References references s start s rel wa succession box before John Richards Richards title Dean religion Dean of Bangor Cathedral Bangor after Gwynfryn Richards years 1957&ndash 1961 s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Davies, Hywel Islwyn ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 14 February1909 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 19 February 1981 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Davies, Hywel Islwyn Category 1909 births Category People educated at Gowerton Grammar School Category Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Category Academics of the University of Wales, Lampeter Category Obafemi Awolowo University faculty Category Deans of Bangor Category 1981 deaths UK reli bio stub ... more details
. citation needed date June 2011 Routes rail start rail line previous Gowerton railway station Gowerton ... Trains Wales br small Swansea District Line small col ArrivaWales colour rail line previous Gowerton railway station Gowerton next Bynea railway station Bynea route Arriva Trains Wales br small Heart ... more details
Gorseinon bus station is a bus station serving the town of Gorseinon , in the county of Swansea , Wales . First Cymru and Pullman coaches provide local services here and connecting services to Swansea , Llanelli and Carmarthen . The station is located between West Street and Argyle Gardens. Buses that stop there are 141 Swansea to Gorseinon via Morriston Hospital . Operated by Veolia Transport Cymru. 400 404 Swansea to Llanelli via Gowerton 111 Llanelli Swansea 112 Llanelli Swansea See also List of bus stations in Wales Transport in Wales External links http www.bbc.co.uk wales southwest sites gorseinon pages kevin johns.shtml BBC South West Wales Gorseinon coord 51 40 06.00 N 4 02 30.00 W type landmark display title Transport in Swansea Wales struct stub bus station stub Category Transport in Swansea Category Buildings and structures in Swansea Category Bus stations in Wales ... more details
For the poet and scholar often known as David James Jones D. Gwenallt Jones David James Jones December 22, 1886 in Wales 1886 &ndash July 23, 1947 in Wales 1947 , was a Wales Welsh philosopher and academic. He should not be confused with D. Gwenallt Jones David James Jones Gwenallt , a contemporary writer. He was born in Pontarddulais and went to school in Gowerton . He studied at Cardiff University and Emmanuel College, Cambridge . In 1915 he was ordained as a Presbyterian minister, and served as a chaplain on the Western Front in World War I . Works Hanes Athroniaeth Y Cyfnod Groegaidd 1939 Sources http wbo.llgc.org.uk en s2 JONE JAM 1886.html Welsh Biography Online Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, David James ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1947 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, David James Category 1886 births Category 1947 deaths Category Welsh philosophers Category Welsh speaking people cy David James Jones athronydd ... more details
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