Penllergaer
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Penllergaer (Welsh: Penlle'r-gaer) is a village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, UK, falling within the Penllergaer ward. Penllergaer is situated about 6 miles north west of Swansea city centre, near the M4 Motorway at Junction 47.
[edit] Features
Penllergaer woods was once part of the Penllergare estate of John Dillwyn Llewelyn. The woods are located at the edge of the Parc Penllergaer Estate, around the former home of Dillwyn Llewelyn.
The first photographs of the moon were taken at Penllergaer; the observatory still stands. During the time of World War II the Penllergaer Estate was purchased by the great missionery Rees Howells and the mansion in the estate was offered as residence to Emperor "Haile Selassie" of Ethiopia who spent his exile in Briton.(source : "Rees Howells Intercessor" by Norman Grubb [chapter 31])
[edit] Education
Penllergaer Primary School was built in 1881, and moved to its present site, on Pontardulais Road, in 1976.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ "Our School!", Penllergaer Primary School, accessed 27 March 2010.
Coordinates: 51°40′12″N 4°00′26″W / 51.66990°N 4.00709°W
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