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The Margam estate was occupied in the Iron Age, and the remains of a hill fort from that period, Mynydd-y-Castell, stands north of the castle. [1] After the Norman Invasion of Wales, Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester, and Lord of Glamorgan, granted the lands at Margam to Clairvaux Abbey, for the establishment of a new Cistercian monastery which became Margam Abbey. [2]
Also known as Cryke Chapel and dated to 1470, this grange of nearby Margam Abbey (GM005) is on the hillside of Craig-y-capel. The gable-ends, with window tracery are the principle survivals, and provided a gothic landmark and viewpoint for the 19th-century parkland of Margam Castle. There was a burial ground and a holy well known as Ffynnon Mair.
Following the death of her brother, Theodore, in 1876, [1] Emily - known locally as "Miss Talbot" throughout her life - became the heiress to her father's fortune and his estates at Margam and Penrice, which she inherited on his death in 1890. [2] [3] She was largely responsible for creating a port and railway system to attract business to Port ...
Margam Castle, Port Talbot. Don’t mind the slamming doors and hurling objects at Margam Castle, its probably just the ghost (Getty Images) ... Some say that after her death, she wandered the ...
Sir Lewis Mansel of Margam (died 1638) was a Welsh landowner. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Mansel, Baron Mansel and Mary Mordaunt, a daughter of Lewis Mordaunt, 3rd Baron Mordaunt. He attended Jesus College, Oxford in 1601. He inherited on thedeath of his father in 1631. The family homes included Margam, Oxwich Castle, and Penrice Castle.
It was built with financial assistance from Miss Emily Charlotte Talbot, a local philanthropist who lived at nearby Margam Castle, in memory of her late brother Theodore Mansel Talbot (1839–1876), whose premature death resulted in her inheriting the family fortune. [4]
Margam Abbey ruins 1805. The abbey was founded in 1147 as a daughter house of Clairvaux by Robert, Earl of Gloucester, and was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary.Early Christian crosses found in the close vicinity and conserved in the nearby Margam Stones Museum suggest the existence of an earlier Celtic monastic community.
By right of his wife, he became the 2nd Lord of Glamorgan, and gained possession of her father's castle of Cardiff in Wales. In August 1122, he was created 1st Earl of Gloucester; henceforth, Mabel was styled as Countess of Gloucester. As countess, Mabel exercised a prominent administrative role in the Gloucester lordship. [2]