by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
A Roman villa once stood on the site now occupied by Oystermouth Church. The remaining traces of this earlier building are now on view within the church, embedded in a slate display on its western wall. Known officially as the Church of All Saints, Oystermouth Church...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
An ever-sprawling village clinging to the southern fringe of the Loughor Estuary, Penclawdd has a history perhaps richer than any other on the Gower Peninsula. Famous for its association with cockling, an industry which predominates today in the more westward village...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Dominated by Three Cliffs Nursing Home, a former workhouse, Penmaen (meaning Stone Top) is little more than a small scattering of houses along the main A4118 South Gower Road. Backed by the sharply rising eastern slope of Cefn Bryn, it is a decorative village and,...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 12, 2025 | Gower Churches
Replacing the abandoned church located on Penmaen Burrows (which was besanded in the early 14th Century), Penmaen Church is a small building with a correspondingly tiny churchyard. Dedicated to John the Baptist, there is a fine stained glass window depicting the saint...
by PeterWebAdmin | Feb 13, 2025 | Gower Villages
Pennard, or Penard as some people title the locale, is the name generally given to the geographical area that includes the large village of Southgate (population 2000), and over 3 kilometres of National Trust cliffland stretching from Pwlldu to Three Cliffs. Included...
