Infobox UK place country Wales welsh name Larnog official name Lavernock latitude 51.406944 longitude 3.172222 static image File Lavernock Point.jpg 250px static image caption Lavernock Point Steep Holm ... cardiff distance population Lavernock lang cy Larnog is a Hamlet place hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan ... sea between Lavernock Point and Flat Holm island. The very first message transmitted in morse code ..., had been experimenting for some months at Lavernock Point. Kemp recorded the following in his diary of the experiments Mr Marconi s apparatus was set up on the cliff at Lavernock Point, which is about ... ten miles 16 kilometres from the Lavernock Point transmitter. Following these successful trials ... of St.Lawrence, Lavernock, commemorating the historic radio transmissions over nine miles 14 ... of Lavernock From the late 1890s until 1968 Lavernock and the nearby bays of St Mary s Well and Swanbridge ... cream parlour, two busy cafes, the Golden Hind public house and the three star Lavernock Bay Hotel ... steam trains that stopped at Lavernock and Swanbridge Halts on the busy Taff Vale Railway Line en route to Barry Island. Lavernock started settling back to quiet seclusion in the early 1970s when the railway ... and eventually even the Bay Hotel closed down and the decline was accelerated even further. Lavernock Point Lavernock Point is a headlands and bays headland on the South Wales coast, overlooking the Bristol Channel with views across to the Somerset Coast. A line drawn between Lavernock Point and Sand ... production from Lavernock Point to Brean Down in Somerset and the provision remains under discussion by the various agencies. Lavernock Fort Image Lavernock Fort forward observation post.jpg thumb right Lavernock Fort forward observation and rangefinder post on the cliff overlooking St Mary s Well Bay, with its clear view up the Bristol Channel On the point in the late 1860s Lavernock Battery Lavernock Fort gun battery was built by the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom ... more details
refimprove date October 2011 Lavernock Battery was built at Lavernock Point , Wales on the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom 1859 Royal Commission . It was the most northerly of a chain of defences across the Palmerston Forts, Bristol Channel Bristol Channel , protecting the access to Bristol and Cardiff . Completed in 1870, with three 7 Rifled muzzle loader muzzle loading cannons to protect the channel approaches to Cardiff and Bristol shipyards during the short lived war between Britain and France that followed the French Revolution . Sometime before 1895 the Artillery battery gun battery was reinforced with a fourth cannon only for all four guns to be replaced eight years later by two rapid fire six inch 152 mm breech loading weapon breech loading former naval guns in 1903. A two unit searchlight battery was added during the Second World War . The World War II gun emplacements formed part of the Fixed Defences, Severn Scheme and protected the Atlantic shipping Battle of the Atlantic 1939 1945 convoy de grouping zone between Cardiff, Barry and Flat Holm . ref http www.coflein.gov.uk pls portal coflein.w details?inumlink 6081138 Atlantic convoy regrouping area ref Today the site is largely gone, with what remains being included in a holiday caravan and chalet park. The remaining main section of the gun battery has been listed as an Ancient monument Ancient Monument , which includes the gun emplacements, director rangefinder observation position, crew and officers quarters. The structure is still commemorated through Lavernock Point s main access road being named Fort Road . References reflist External links http www.theworldatwar.info lavernockbattery.html Lavernock Battery, Penarth http www.palmerstonforts.org.uk Palmerston Forts Society http www.victorianforts.co.uk pdf datasheets lavernock.pdf Victorian Forts data sheet coord 51.4065 3.1701 type landmark region GB display title Category Palmerston Forts Category Forts in Wales ... more details
The Palmerston Forts along the Bristol Channel include Brean Down Fort , Weston super Mare Flat Holm Battery , Flat Holm Lavernock Battery , Penarth Nell s Point Battery , Barry Island Vale of Glamorgan Barry Island Steep Holm Battery , Steep Holm Category Lists of Palmerston Forts South coast ... more details
Infobox UK feature official name PAGENAME shire county state Somerset country England label position left nation UK map name United Kingdom Somerset os grid reference ST325660 latitude 51.38876 longitude 2.97515 Sand Point in Somerset is the peninsula stretching out from Middle Hope, which lies to the north of the village of Kewstoke , and the stretch of coastline called Sand Bay . It is owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust and is a popular place for walking. On a clear day it commands views of the Bristol Channel , South Wales , Clevedon , the Second Severn Crossing and the Severn Bridge . A line drawn between Sand Point and Lavernock Point in South Wales marks the lower limit of the Severn Estuary and the start of the Bristol Channel . Among scarce plants found on Sand Point are Ranunculus parviflorus Smallflower Buttercup , ref Myles 2000 , page 66 ref and Honewort . ref Myles 2000 , page 161 ref It is also the site of the Middle Hope 84.1 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest . References reflist Bibliography Myles, Sarah 2000 The Flora of the Bristol Region ISBN 1 874357 18 8 External links http www.nationaltrust.org.uk things to see and do view page item435558 292012 Category North Somerset Category National Trust properties in Somerset Category Bristol Channel Somerset geo stub ... more details
This is a list of city cities , town s and village s in the Subdivisions of Wales principal area of Vale of Glamorgan , Wales . See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. compactTOC8 side yes top yes num yes NOTOC A Aberthaw , Aberthin B Bonvilston , Barry, Wales Barry , Barry Island , Boverton , Broughton, Vale of Glamorgan Broughton C Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan Cadoxton , City Vale of Glamorgan City , Clawdd Coch , Cogan, Vale of Glamorgan Cogan , Colwinston , Corntown , Cowbridge , Craig Penllyn D Dinas Powys , Drope E Ewenny F Flemingston , Fontegary G Gileston , Gwern y Steeple L Lavernock , Llampha , Llanbethery , Llanblethian , Llancadle , Llancarfan , Llandough , Llandow , Llangan , Llanmaes , Llanmihangel , Llansannor , Llantrithyd , Llantwit Major , Llysworney M Marcross , Michaelston le Pit , Monknash Coast Monknash , Moulton, Vale of Glamorgan Moulton O Ogmore, Vale of Glamorgan Ogmore Ogmore by Sea P Penarth , Pendoylan , Penllyn , Penmark , Peterston super Ely , Porthkerry Park Porthkerry R Rhoose S St Andrew s Major , St Athan , St Brides Major , St Donats , St Hilary, Glamorgan St Hilary , St Lythans , St. Mary Church , St. Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan St Nicholas , Sigingstone , Southerndown Sully, Vale of Glamorgan Sully T Talygarn , Tredodridge , Treguff , Treoes W Walterston , Welsh St Donat s , Wenvoe , Wick, Glamorgan Wick Y Ystradowen Category Vale of Glamorgan Category Lists of places in Wales Vale of Glamorgan ... more details
Orphan date June 2009 The 359th Siege Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery RGA was established under the Glamorgan or Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery, Territorial Force , in Lavernock in late January, 1917. Battalion Sergeant Major George Evans, a veteran of the Territorial Forces who had seen active service, served as the provisional commander. In early February, 1917, 2nd Lt. George Rae and 2nd Lt. Robert C. Palmer were the first two officers assigned to the battery. Originally established as an 8 inch howitzer battery, the unit was re formed as a 12 inch railway gun battery while training at Lydd Ranges in April and May 1917. The battery embarked from Southampton for France on June 10, 1917, on the S.S. Archangel and arrived in Le Havre the next day. On July 5, 1917, King George V of the United Kingdom and Edward, Prince of Wales, personally inspected the battery. While in active service, the 359th Siege Artillery was positioned at Coxyde Koksijde , Oost Dunkerque Oostduinkerke , Nieuport Nieuwpoort, Belgium Nieuwpoort , Vierstraat, Oaten Wood, Passendale Passchendaele , Wytschaete Ridge, Verbrandenmolen, Voormezeele, Borre Yard, and Wolverghem. Wolverghem was the last position for the 359th, because rail tracks could not be laid fast enough to keep the railway guns within range of the retreating enemy. At Voormezeele, on the evening of April 3, 1918, Battalion Sergeant Major George Evans and four others were killed by one enemy artillery shell. The 359th Siege Artillery returned home to England some time after December 16, 1918. ref A Short Record of the 359th Siege Battery R.G.A. , by Frank House, published by H. Mones Cross, 44 Bedford Row, W.C. 1, date unknown ref Notes Reflist Category Royal Artillery batteries Category 1917 establishments in the United Kingdom Category Military units and formations established in 1917 ... more details
Infobox rockunit name Penarth Group image caption type Group stratigraphy Group age Rhaetian prilithology mudstone otherlithology limestone , sandstone namedfor Penarth namedby region country Great Britain coordinates unitof New Red Sandstone New Red Sandstone Supergroup subunits underlies Lias Group overlies Mercia Mudstone Group thickness from 0 to more than 12m extent widespread area map map caption The Penarth Group is a Rhaetian age Triassic lithostratigraphy lithostratigraphic group stratigraphy group a sequence of rock strata which is widespread in Britain. It is named from the seaside town of Penarth near Cardiff in south Wales where strata of this age are exposed in coastal cliffs southwards to Lavernock Point . This sequence of rocks was previously known as the Rhaetic . ref http www.bgs.ac.uk Lexicon lexicon.cfm?pub PNG BGS on line lexicon of rock units ref Stratigraphy It includes the Lilstock Formation and the underlying Westbury Formation. The Langport and Cotham Members, grey limestones of marine origin with associated mudstones, are recognised within the Lilstock Formation, itself named from Lilstock in west Somerset. ref British Geological Survey 1 50,000 scale geological map sheet England and Wales series 326 Sidmouth ref ref http www.bgs.ac.uk Lexicon lexicon.cfm?pub LTK ref The Westbury Formation is named from Westbury on Severn in Gloucestershire. ref http www.bgs.ac.uk Lexicon lexicon.cfm?pub WBY ref References reflist geology stub Category Geology of the United Kingdom Category Triassic geologic formations Category Geology of England Category Geology of Wales ... more details
victim to the sweeping Beeching Axe in 1968. Swanbridge Halt near the main Lavernock Road junction ... as far as the Fort Road bridge at Lavernock . Between Lavernock and Penarth the track bed is a rural ..., St Mary s Well and Lavernock became popular summer time destination for day trippers from ... lane from the main Lavernock Road at the eastern end of Sully village, or on foot from St Mary ... more details
at Lavernock. Between Lavernock and Penarth the track bed is a rural greenway and cycle track. In the 1960s ... on the border with Lavernock . The other two parts of the B4267 are Sully Moors Road, leading up to roundabout just into the border of Barry, Vale of Glamorgan Barry and Lavernock Road, leading up to Penarth ... through Alberta Halt by the Archer Road bridge , Lower Penarth Cosmeston Halt, Lavernock Halt, Swanbridge ... School Community Hall http www.sullyresidents.co.uk Sully and Lavernock Residents Association ... more details
Abel John Jones 26 May 1878 8 May 1949 , was a Wales Welsh writer. Early years Jones was born in Rhymney , Bedwellty , Monmouthshire historic Monmouthshire . His parents, David Rees Jones and Hannah Jones n e Evans and his sister Annie and brothers Rees and David Rees spoke only Welsh language Welsh whereas Abel spoke Welsh and English language English and later German fluently. Wireless He was involved with Guglielmo Marconi s first wireless signal transmission over water on the 13 May 1897 from Lavernock Point to Flatholm Island in south Wales. Degree Abel studied at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth University College of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1898&ndash 1901, and was awarded a BSc. Teaching career He taught science and mathematics and was Senior Master at Narberth, Pembrokeshire Narberth County Intermediate School, Pembrokeshire , from February 1904 to July 1905 under the headmastership of John Morgan MA. PhD & Cambridge University From 1905 to 1906 he studied at the German University of Jena under the philosopher Rudolf Christoph Eucken and was awarded a PhD. From 1906 Abel was Scholar of Clare College, Cambridge reading for the Moral Sciences Tripos BA 1908, MA 1912 . After leaving Cambridge, Abel taught in elementary and secondary schools including Bootham School, York and lectured in Philosophy at Clare College before his appointment as an assistant lecturer in the Education Department of the Cardiff University University College, Cardiff . OBE He became the youngest person to be appointed one of His Majesty s Inspector of Schools in Wales 1910&ndash 1938 . During the years 1914&ndash 1918, he was Secretary for War Savings in Glamorgan for which he was later awarded an Order of the British Empire OBE . Nine Books Published He had at least nine books published, the first of which concerned Rudolf Euken 1912 see above . In 1938 he invented a much improved version of shorthand which proved very popular, Abbrevia Shortwriting, and in 1939 wrote a biography o ... more details
practice firings. Lavernock Point was the location of Lavernock Battery Lavernock Fort , with its heavy ... in 1940 with the Royal Artillery at the Lavernock Fort Battery, would later be posted to the Far ... as a gun layer in Lower Penarth Lavernock Fort back in 1944 as part of the defence forces for the town ... 27 June 2008, after numerous postponements. An imaginary line drawn between LavernockLavernock .... File Penarth Italian garden 1.JPG thumb left The Italian Gardens The clifftop walks to the bays of Lavernock ... Lavernock Marconi first transmitted radio messages over open sea remain popular with residents and visitors ... track from the Archer Road rail bridge as far as the Fort Road bridge in Lavernock. The remaining main section of the Lavernock Battery Lavernock Fort gun battery has been listed as an Ancient monument Ancient Monument . The Lavernock Point Nature Reserve is managed by the Wildlife Trust of South ... more details
, following wireless transmissions from Lavernock Point in Wales and Flat Holm , Guglielmo Marconi moved ... electricity production from Brean Down to Lavernock Point in south Wales . Ecology The nationally ... more details
Coord 51.4461 3.1891 format dms display title region GB type railwaystation Infobox GB station symbol rail name Cogan code CGN image name Cogan railway station.jpg manager Arriva Trains Wales locale Cogan, Vale of Glamorgan Cogan borough Vale of Glamorgan platforms 2 start Penarth spur platforms in 1878 br Current platforms added 1898 br Penarth spur platforms closed 1968 usage0405 pad 1em 0.126 usage0506 increase 0.128 usage0607 increase 0.148 usage0708 increase 0.168 usage0809 increase 0.189 usage0910 increase 0.193 usage1011 increase 0.205 gridref ST174725 Cogan railway station is a railway station serving Cogan, Vale of Glamorgan Cogan in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales . It is located on the Vale of Glamorgan Line 2 miles 4 km south of Cardiff Central railway station Cardiff Central on the way to Barry Island railway station Barry Island and Bridgend railway station Bridgend . Passenger services are operated by Arriva Trains Wales as part of the Valley Lines network. The current platforms were constructed in 1898 but, until 1968, Cogan had two additional and separate platforms across the other side of the main Windsor Road, opened twenty years earlier in 1878 and located on the Penarth and Sully branch line, that extended from the Cogan Junction points around the coastline through Lavernock and Sully, Vale of Glamorgan Sully to where it rejoined the main line at Cadoxton, Vale of Glamorgan Cadoxton . That through link was closed under the effects of the Beeching Axe and the rail spur now terminates at Penarth. Dingle Road railway station Dingle Road Halt and Penarth railway station Penarth station remain open but the two platforms at Cogan were closed when the line was reduced to a single track spur. Most of the station buildings still stand but have been used by several private businesses including a shooting range , a garden centre , a second hand car lot and a Ship chandler marine chandlers . The area originally covered by the Cogan and Penarth doc ... more details
Year in Wales header 1897 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1897 to Wales and Welsh people its people . Incumbents Prince of Wales Edward VII of the United Kingdom The Prince Albert Edward , son of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom Princess of Wales Alexandra of Denmark Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Rowland Williams Hwfa M n Hwfa M n Events 9 April The Snowdon Mountain Railway resumes operation, a year after a fatal accident on its maiden run. 13 May Guglielmo Marconi sends the first ever wireless communication over water, from Lavernock Point to Flat Holm . 20 June Celebration of Queen Victoria s Diamond Jubilee is muted in Nonconformist parts of Wales, as the date falls on a Sunday. November Four Customs officers are rescued from the River Usk , near Newport s Alexandra Dock pier head after their boat capsizes. Opening of the Tal y cafn Bridge across the River Conwy . Opening of the Grand Theatre, Swansea . Weaver s Mill, Swansea , becomes the first building in the UK to be constructed from reinforced concrete , by Louis Gustave Mouchel L. G. Mouchel of Briton Ferry . Merthyr Tydfil is refused a town charter it is eventually granted one in 1905. Opening of the Canterbury Building at University of Wales, Lampeter St David s College, Lampeter demolished in 1971 . Edgeworth David leads the Royal Society s expedition to the coral atoll of Funafuti . Opening of Llanfyllin County School. Politician Clement Davies is one of the first pupils. Sir Owen Morgan Edwards founds the periodical Heddyw . The Plynlimon and Hafan Tramway opens Arts and literature Awards National Eisteddfod of Wales held at Newport Newport, Monmouthshire Chair John Thomas Job Crown Thomas Mafonwy Davies New books Caniadau Cymru anthology John Cadvan Davies Caneuon Cadvan Alfred Neobard Palmer Owen Tanat Ellis Pierce Teulu r Gilfach Arthur Owen Vaughan Owen Rhoscomyl The White Rose of Arno John William Willis Bund The Celtic Church of Wales Music Walford ... more details
This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Wales . Wales Image MiddleMouse.jpg thumb Middle Mouse Ynys Badrig as seen from Anglesey Ynys Mon Northernmost point &ndash Middle Mouse , off Anglesey at coord 53 26 N 4 26 W Northernmost settlement &ndash Llanlleiana , Anglesey at coord 53 25 N 4 25 W Southernmost point &ndash Flat Holm , Cardiff , off Lavernock Point , Vale of Glamorgan at coord 51 22 N 3 7 W Southernmost settlement &ndash Rhoose , Vale of Glamorgan at coord 51 23 N 3 20 W Westernmost point &ndash The Smalls , Pembrokeshire Westernmost settlement &ndash Treginnis , Pembrokeshire at coord 51 52 N 5 18 W Easternmost point &ndash Lady Park Wood , near Monmouth , Monmouthshire at coord 51 49 N 2 39 W Easternmost settlement &ndash Chepstow , Monmouthshire at coord 51 37 N 2 39 W Wales mainland Image Chepstow Castle and Bridge from Tutshill.jpg right thumb 200px Chepstow showing border Northernmost point &ndash Point of Ayr , Flintshire at coord 53 21 N 3 19 W Northernmost settlement &ndash Talacre , Flintshire at coord 53 21 N 3 19 W Southernmost point &ndash Breaksea Point , Vale of Glamorgan at coord 51 22 N 3 24 W Southernmost settlement &ndash Rhoose , Vale of Glamorgan at coord 51 23 N 3 20 W Westernmost point &ndash Pen Dal aderyn , Pembrokeshire at coord 51 51 N 5 19 W Westernmost settlement &ndash Treginnis , Pembrokeshire at coord 51 52 N 5 18 W Easternmost point &ndash Lady Park Wood , near Monmouth , Monmouthshire at coord 51 49 N 2 39 W Easternmost settlement &ndash Chepstow , Monmouthshire at coord 51 37 N 2 39 W Centre point The centre point of Wales is dependent on whether only the mainland is used for calculation or outlying islands as well. One centre point is calculated to be near Cwmystwyth , Devil s Bridge, Ceredigion Devil s Bridge , Ceredigion coord 52 19 48.791 N 3 45 59.072 W region GB type landmark name Centre of Wales gbmapping SN7972871704 ref cite web url http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi wales 2271927.stm title Saving t ... more details
turbidity , giving the water a notably brown coloration. West of the line between Lavernock Point ... the Bristol Channel from Lavernock Point near to and south west of Cardiff to Brean Down near ... more details
Image Cosmeston medieval village.jpg thumb right 300px Cosmeston medieval village Cosmeston Medieval Village is a living history medieval village near Lavernock in the Vale of Glamorgan not far from Penarth and Cardiff in south Wales . Based upon remains discovered during a 1980s archaeology archaeological dig in the grounds of Cosmeston Lakes Country Park , it is a re creation of 14th century peasant life in Wales in the Middle Ages . The reconstructed village regularly plays host to groups of historical reenactment reenactors , who camp in authentic tents around the outskirts of the village, and perform displays of medieval warfare historical combat for the public. Cosmeston was also used as one of the filming locations for the BBC TV drama series Merlin BBC Merlin , broadcast in autumn 2008. History Early Medieval The original Cosmeston village grew around a fortified manor house constructed sometime around the 12th century by the De Costentin family, who were among the first Normans Norman Norman invasion of Wales invaders of Wales in the early 12th century following William the Conqueror s invasion of neighbouring England in 1066. It is unlikely that the manor house at the site was a substantial building and there is documentary evidence that by 1437 the manor house had already fallen into total ruin. Its precise site has just been located. The village would have consisted of a number of small stone round houses, or crofts, with thatching thatched roofs, as depicted in the current reconstruction, and the village population would have been between 50 to 100 people at most, including children. The de Costentin family had originated on the Cotentin peninsular in northern France . They were the first lords of the manor and they called the village Costentinstune, which over time became known as Cosmeston. They built the original manor house and perhaps a few dwellings or small farms, but for the next two centuries it appears that little further development occurred. ... more details
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