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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.
Margam was an ancient Welsh community, formerly part of the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, initially dominated by Margam Abbey, a wealthy house of the Cistercians founded in 1147. . (Margam is believed to have played a significant role in the early transmission of the work of St. Bernard of Clair
Margam Country Park is a country park estate in Wales, of around 850 acres (3.4 km 2).It is situated in Margam, about 2 miles (3 km) from Port Talbot in south Wales.It was once owned by the Mansel Talbot family and is now owned and administered by the local council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
See more images Margam Abbey Chapter House Margam SS8019786264 51°33′45″N 3°43′47″W / 51.562509293815°N 3.72972384304°W / 51.562509293815; -3.72972384304 (Margam Abbey Chapter House) 12 November 1952 Ruin Located in a central position in the gardens at Margam Park, to the NE of the orangery. 14149 See more images Margam Abbey Undercroft Margam SS8019086230 51°33 ...
Over a five-year period from 1830, Talbot set about redeveloping the family estate at Margam Castle. The mansion was designed in the Tudor Gothic style by architect Thomas Hopper (1776–1856), while Edward Haycock (1790–1870) was supervisory architect and designed parts of the interior and exterior of the house, the stables, terraces and lodges.
Portrait of Sir Robert Mansell Portrait of Thomas Mansel, 1st Baron Mansel by Michael Dahl Thomas Mansel, 2nd Baron Mansel with his Blackwood half-brothers and sister by Allan Ramsay Margam Castle, built for Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot in 1830 Oxwich Castle, built by Sir Rice Mansel Penrice Castle, a 13th-century castle that passed to the Mansel family in 1410 St Donat's Castle, given to ...
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 ...