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	SWANSEA - LoveToKnow Article on SWANSEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Under an act of f 791 harbour trustees were appointed who cleared and deepened the river bed and built a long pier on either side of it; in I 796 the approach to the port was made safer by means of an improved light on Mumbles Head.
		Meanwhile in 1798 the whole coalfield of the Swansea Valley was connected with the port by a canal 161/2 m.
		The Swansea Valley canal has a connecting lock with this dock, and on the island between the dock and the New Cut are patent fuel works, copper ore yards and other mineral sheds and large grain stores and flour mills.
	15.1911encyclopedia.org /S/SW/SWANSEA.htm (4194 words)

	Lliw Valley
		This walk of 10.5 miles moves from the sheltered Lliw Valley up onto open moorland where a compass or GPS is worth having particularly if the visibility is poor.
		Soon you will see a small valley ahead with a stream; follow any track to the right which keeps the valley about 100 yards on your left.
		As the valley flattens out look out for some rocks on the far side of the stream in the valley which marks the crossing point with some visible paths beyond.
	www.glamorganwalks.com /lliw_valley.htm (1744 words)

	Local Features West
		Cenydd's father, Dihocus, seduced his daughter and she gave birth whilst Arthur was holding court on the Gower.
		'Lliw' means colour and the red riverbed derives from iron oxide seeping from the iron-stone in the surrounding Pennant Sandstone.
		The need for Swansea to get a better supply of water in mid-Victorian times led to the construction of the Lower Reservoir between 1862 and 1867 but in 1873 it was found that a massive spring had ruptured the underlying rock and water was being lost at the rate of 500,000 gallons a day.
	www.glamorganwalks.com /local_features_west.htm (4992 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Lliw Valley Councillors in those days were far more numerous and influential within the Labour group.
		They came onto the new Council convinced that they were inheriting a clear decision by the former Lliw Valley Borough Council to build a bowls hall plus £1 million in cash to pay for it.
		However, despite all their protests nothing happened and it was made clear to them that they should not raise the matter within the Labour Group or Council meetings.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=9630169&postID=110944000425049285 (260 words)

	International Civic Heraldry-United Kingdom NEATH PORT TALBOT
		The shield is divided per chevron three times as a reference to the three chevronels of the Clare family, Earls of Gloucester descended from Robert Earl of Gloucester (illegitimate son of Henry 1) who founded Neath and Margam Abbeys and whose family became Lords of the Manor of Glamorgan.
		The monk emerges from a fl mural crown as in the crest of the former Lliw Valley.
		The dragon occurred in the former West Glamorgan Crest and in the supporters of the former Neath and former Lliw Valley Crests.
	www.ngw.nl /int/gbr/n/neathpt.htm (586 words)

	International Civic Heraldry- UNITED KINGDOM - LLIW VALLEY
		The shield has a background of eight alternate white and green waves running vertically, to suggest the topographical area with its green valleys and four principal rivers, the Lliw, the Loughor, the Clydach and the Tawe.
		Thus the shield expresses the union of Llwchwr and Pontardawe in the Lliw Valley District.
		At the base is a mural (walled) crown, a frequent emblem of local government, and a reminder of the ancient castle of LLwchwr.
	www.ngw.nl /int/gbr/l/lliwvall.htm (330 words)

	Excerpt from the Llwchwr Society Magazine
		Century saw the beginnings in the neighbourhood of many of the older families in the village of today (the late A.J. Maddox was writing in the 1930’s) One of the first to settle there in this way being the late John Vaughan who came from Llanelli.
		In addition, there was the old Lliw Forge where at this time agricultural implements and ladles for the copperworks at Landore were being made.
		They failed in a very short time, and after a period of idleness, the works were taken over and re-started by William Lewis and his sons, with such a measure of success that work people and their families were attracted from the older tinplate districts around Swansea and Llanelli.
	www.gorseinon-history.com /stories/penllergaer.htm (2021 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 5 Nov 1992
		To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number and percentage rate of long-term unemployed in Wales and the valleys programme area, on a seasonally adjusted basis, for (a) June 1988, (b) June 1990 and (c) September 1992.
		The number and percentage rate of long-term unemployed in Wales and the valleys programme area are not available on a seasonally adjusted basis.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the percentage male unemployment rate in Wales and the valleys programme area, on a seasonally adjusted basis, for (a) June 1988, (b) June 1990 and (c) September 1992.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199293/cmhansrd/1992-11-05/Writtens-6.html (3093 words)

	Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
		The district of Swansea, together with (from the district of Lliw Valley) the communities of Gowerton, Llwchwr, Gorseinon, Grovesend, Pontardulais, Mawr, Pont-Lliw, Penllergaer, Llangyfelach and Clydach.
		The districts of Neath and Port Talbot, together with (from the district of Lliw Valley) the communities of Pontardawe, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen, Cwmllynfell, Ystalyfera and Cilybebyll.
		The districts of Rhondda, Cynon Valley, and Taff-Ely, but excluding (from the district of Taff-Ely) the community of Pentyrch.
	www.hmso.gov.uk /acts/acts1994/Ukpga_19940019_en_9.htm (358 words)

	Carndochan Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Among the ruins can be discerned a typically D-shaped southern tower, a northern round tower, and rectangular central buildings.
		From here to the fort is problematical, but no doubt the route passed close to Castell Carndochan, and could be monitored from there.
		Notably there is a cairn on Craig y Llestri that would also make an excellent view point for overlooking the flanks of Llyn Tegid and the Lliw valley to the northwest.
	www.castlewales.com /carndoc.html (287 words)

	About the Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Local harness racing enthusiasts formed Amman Valley Trotting Track in 1979, they were all volunteers and this remains the same not one member even takes expenses all monies are used on upkeep and any profit is used on improvements.
		The track was run on an annual licence from the former Lliw Valley Borough Council until 1994.
		During the foot and mouth crisis in 2001 Amman Valley was the only trotting track allowed to race under MAFF regulations.
	www.ammanvalley-trotting.co.uk /pages.php?id=1 (355 words)

	Wales on the Web: Illnesses and health problems
		This is the website for the Pembrokeshire branch of the Society, and provides information about the branch and the support that they offer as well as membership and contact details and links to other related sites.
		The Swansea and Lliw Valley Branch of the Alzheimer's Society is an entirely volunteer-driven branch that was established in January 1990 when the West Glamorgan Alzheimer's Disease Society changed its name.
		The Society was set up to provide a range of services to the carers of individuals who suffer from Alzheimer's in the Swansea and Lliw Valley area, for instance a 24 Hour Telephone Helpline, a Sitting Service, Carers' Meetings, Weekend/Week-long Breaks and Social Evenings.
	www.cymruarywe.org /cayw/index/en/616/831 (553 words)

	Grants, Group Repair and New Housebuilding (Programme for the Valleys) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Details activity within the boundary of the Programme for the Valleys area on new housebuilding, grants and group repair.
		Information on housing activity has been collected separately for the Programme for the Valleys area since April 1990 following the introduction of the scheme in 1988.
		Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen, Islwyn, Rhymney Valley, Merthyr Tydfil, Cynon Valley, Rhondda, Taff Ely, Ogwr, Lliw Valley, Neath, Port Talbot, Brecnock, Llanrelli and Dinefwr.
	www.statistics.gov.uk /STATBASE/Source.asp?vlnk=1000&More=Y (263 words)

	Turn Out To Support A Good Cause \|\| Garden Village AFC - The Official website of Garden Village AFC. News and Message ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This Sunday (May 4th) a Charity Match is to be played at Stafford Common with a number of famous ex-footballers and internationals to take the field.
		This Sunday afternoon, kick-off 2.30pm, a Lliw Valley over 35s XI will face a Lord Mayor All Star XI at Stafford Common, the home of Garden Village.
		The match is in aid of the "Lord Mayor of Swansea charity, ALZHEIMERS DISEASE, Swansea & Lliw Valley Branch".
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s221/st24184.htm (242 words)

	Press Releases - Crime and Disorder Fund - 2001-06-22
		Organisations successful this time were Cwmavon Residents against Crime, the Port Talbot YMCA and the Welsh Association of Youth Clubs.
		Some other groups who received awards previously include Lliw Valley Womens Aid, Victim Support Auto, Cimla Youth Partnership, the Guiding Hand Association and Afan Tawe Nedd who had funding for their Data Link Project.
		More recent awards have gone to Lliw Valley Womens Aid, Victim Support Auto, Cimla Youth Partnership, the Guiding Hand Assocication and Afan Tawe Nedd who had funding for their Data Link project.
	www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk /pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?id=1334 (298 words)

	20 years ago - This Is Ammanford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Good news for sports lovers in the Amman Valley arrived with an announcement that the renovation of the Workmen's Hall in Glanaman will be finished by the end of October.
		The distinguished Welsh actress, Alltwen-born Rachel Thomas, was honoured by the Mayor of Lliw Valley, Councillor Ivor Williams yesterday.
		The planning application for the proposed £500,000 new Pontardawe superstore will be considered by Lliw Valley's development committee next month.
	archive.thisisammanford.co.uk /2005/03/24/9117.html (270 words)

	20 years ago - This Is Ammanford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Accusations that Lliw Valley councillors are ashamed of being Welsh have been made by the local organiser of the Welsh Language Society.
		A member of the Amman Valley branch of the Pony Club has won a place in the Welsh team which will compete in the Simpson International Mounted games at Windsor in May.
		Brynaman paid their first visit of the season to Ystalyfera last Saturday, and crashed to their third and most emphatic defeat as Ystalyfera rounded off their centenary championship year with a points bonanza.
	archive.thisisammanford.co.uk /2005/04/07/9045.html (282 words)

	SWANSEA - Online Information article about SWANSEA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Sandstone formation in the valley of the Cray, a tributary of the See also:
		There is a further supply obtained from three reservoirs of a combined capacity of 513,000,000, constructed in 1866, 1874 and 1889 respectively in the Lliw and adjoining valleys, in the drainage area of the Loughor, about to m.
		Meanwhile in 1798 the whole coalfield of the Swansea Valley was connected with the port by a canal 162 m.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SUS_TAV/SWANSEA.html (4608 words)

	(Gower Society Current Programme
		at the Lower Lliw Reservoir Car Park (G.R. 650034) for a 7-8 mile walk.
		(GR SN990289) for an 11.5 mile (18 kin) hill valley and ridge walk between Brecon and Sennybridge~ Leaders Joan and Howard Siddle.
		at the Lower Lliw Reservoir Car Park to be taken by bus to Gowerton.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/petehutch/GS_curr_prog.html (1501 words)

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		It extends inland to the northwest from Swansea Bay to the southern reaches of Brecon Beacons National Park.
		It borders the districts of Swansea and Lliw Valley to the west, Brecknock to the north, Cynon Valley to the east, and Port Talbot to the south and southwest.
		The vale of Neath, running northeast from the town, has heavily forested slopes as well as industrial areas.
	members.lycos.co.uk /neath/history.htm (304 words)

	ipedia.com: Subdivisions of Wales Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Mid Glamorgan - Cynon Valley, Ogwr, Merthyr Tydfil, Rhondda, Rhymney Valley, Taff-Ely
		West Glamorgan - Lliw Valley, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea
		When these counties were abolished in 1996, they were retained with slight amendations for some purposes such as Lieutenancy, and became known as the preserved counties of Wales.
	www.ipedia.com /subdivisions_of_wales.html (351 words)

	Summer Cup Kicks-Off This Weekend \|\| Garden Village AFC - The Official website of Garden Village AFC. News and Message ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		The Lliw Valley Summer Cup starts this weekend and we have the full list of fixtures online.
		The competition will be contested by ten teams from across the Lliw Valley area.
		This weekend will see the start of the 2005 Summer Cup, sponsored by Krislyn, an annual competition contested by teams from the Lliw Valley area.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s221/st78399.htm (210 words)

	1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Memoirs and country life in the valleys of Usk and Wye, based on a day-by-day and monthly diary kept by the author.
		Outback memoirs and travels based on the author's job running Transcontinental Safaris by four-wheel drive and by camel in remote areas of Australia.
		Account of the author's life in the Cotswold valley.
	members.ozemail.com.au /~tbsi/trav1~1.html (6463 words)

	West Glamorgan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		This post involved virtually all the Scout Groups within the Scout County of West Glamorgan.
		At the inception of the post the following Districts existed: Gower, Lliw Valley, Neath, Port Talbot, Swansea Central, Swansea North and Swansea Valley.
		In more recent times these have been reorganised into only four: Afan Nedd, Cwm Newydd, Swansea & Swansea Gower.
	postcatalogue.150m.com /W/wglm/wglm.html (515 words)

	cycling swansea wales cycle track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Clyne Valley Country Park - you can cycle from Gowerton to Mumbles in about half an hour
		Riverside Park and The Lower Swansea Valley Route
		There's a good little cycle repair and sales shop near the cycle track in Dunvant.
	www.geocities.com /swanseateam/cycling.html (91 words)

	Neath, Neath Port Talbot from Carm1.co.uk - The Photographic Guide to Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		RedDragonWales.com - Situated on a slight outcrop of rock in the vale of Neath, the Abbey owes its beginnings to Richard de Granville.
		In 1130 a small group of monks from Savigny in western Normandy arrived in the valley to colonise the site.
		Immediately they began the construction of a stone church and by the time the Savigniac monks were absorbed into the Cistercian order in 1147, it was completed...
	www.carm1.co.uk /neath (274 words)

	Branch History - Alzheimer's Society, Swansea and Lliw Valley Branch
		In January 1990, the name of the Branch was officially changed to "Alzheimer's Disease Society, Swansea and Lliw Valley Branch"
		On 14th December, the Alzheimer's Disease Society, Swansea and Lliw Valley Branch was officially opened by Mr.John Button then the General Manager of West Glamorgan Health Authority (now Chair of Swansea NHS Trust).
		But most of all the success lies with the commitment of the volunteers who give their time to help others less fortunate.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /gaynorthomas/history.htm (1124 words)

	Articles - Neath Port Talbot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Its main towns, as the name of the authority suggests, are Neath and Port Talbot.
		It was created on April 1, 1996 from the former districts of Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley.
		Originally named Neath and Port Talbot, it changed its name on 2 April.
	www.fanice.com /articles/Neath_Port_Talbot (205 words)

	1wellnessblog.com: Scout Clinton Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Boy Scout Clinton Valley Lost Lake Patch #3
		BSA National Scout Jamboree 05 Okaw Valley Council JSP
		Scout Patch~Scotts Valley Camp Wolfeboro~Santa Cruz CA Boy Scout - Lliw Valley Cloth Badge
	www.1wellnessblog.com /organic/SCOUT.CLINTON.VALLEY.html (315 words)

	SCW FAQ - Wales
		Neath, Port Talbot and part of Lliw Valley.
		For long upland moors of heather where you can walk all day without seeing someone then the high ground above the Elan Valley in Powys walking across from Rhayader to Tregaron is a good two/three day crossing over wild moorland and days out on the Berwyns near Bala are also a good bet.
		Llan-fair-pwll-gwyn-gyll-go-ger-y-chwyrn-drobwll-llan-tysiliog-ogo-goch = The church of St. Mary, in the valley of the white hazel, near the rapid whirlpool, nearby the red cave of the church of St. Tysilio
	www.mojairlandia.pl /download/faq/welsh/3.html (3145 words)

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