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The area is the southernmost part of the county of Glamorgan.Between the 11th century and 1536 the area was part of the Lordship of Glamorgan. In medieval times, the village of Cosmeston, near what is today Penarth in the south east of the county, grew up around a fortified manor house constructed sometime around the 12th century by the De Costentin family. [3]
Barry's stretch of coast, on the Bristol Channel, has the world's second highest tidal range of 15 metres (49 ft), [1] second only to the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada. [ 2 ] The peninsula was an island until the 1880s when it was linked to the mainland as the town of Barry expanded.
Pages in category "Towns in the Vale of Glamorgan" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
The name also survives in that of Vale of Glamorgan, a county borough. Glamorgan comprised distinct regions: the industrial valleys, the agricultural vale and the scenic Gower Peninsula. The county had boundaries with Brecknockshire (north), Monmouthshire (east), Carmarthenshire (west), and to the south it was bordered by the Bristol Channel.
The township of Cavan Monaghan comprises a number of villages and hamlets, including the following communities such as Carmel, Cavan, Cedar Valley, Five Mile Turn, Fraserville, Ida, Millbrook, Mount Pleasant, South Monaghan / Centreville (partially), Springville, Tapley; Bailieboro (partially), Cavan Station, Dranoel, Fairmount, Kendry, Murray Hill.
Glamorgan is a residential neighbourhood in the southwest quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded by Richmond Road to the north, by 37 Street W to the east, Glenmore Trail to the south and Sarcee Trail to the west. Glamorgan was established in 1958. It is represented in the Calgary City Council by the Ward 6 councillor. [1]
Valemount in 1974. Valemount's population increased from 600 people to 693, and from 693 people to 1,160 in the 1970s. The sewer system was completed in 1975, a water tower of 300,000 gallons started to service the town in 1977, a clinic opened in 1978, and a new Community Hall was inaugurated in February 1979.
The 2009-10 Vale-Inco strike lasted 15 months; one of the longest on record in Canada. [76] In May 2010, Vale changed the name of Vale-Inco to simply Vale, stating the change is "a milestone that aligns it more fully with other Vale operations worldwide and reflects its position as part of the world’s second largest mining company". [77] [78]