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	NEATH - LoveToKnow Article on NEATH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The portcullis gate and a tower are all that remain of it; of the abbey which was at one time the finest in Wales, there still exist the external walls, with parts of the chapel, vaulted chapter-house, refectory and abbots house.
		At the dissolution the abbey and the manor of Cadoxton (part of its possessions) were sold to Sir Richard Williams or Cromwell.
		Neath is a borough by prescription and received its first charter about the middle of the 12th century from William, earl of Gloucester, who granted its burgesses the same customs as those of Cardiff.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NE/NEATH.htm (507 words)

	Neath Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Alas, poor Neath, described by John Leland in the 16th century as 'the fairest in all Wales', was forced to bear the scars of the Industrial Revolution.
		Essentially, the ruins are those of an abbey founded by Richard de Granville in 1130, established as a daughter house of Savigny in Normandy.
		The abbey church was rebuilt on a grand scale between 1280-1330, and enough survives to illustrate the high quality of the architecture.
	www.castlewales.com /neath_a.html (388 words)

	Neath Abbey Wales
		Neath Abbey is situated on the outskirts of Neath, some five miles from our holiday cottages.
		During the 15th Century, Neath enjoyed a revival in its fortunes and, at the time of its suppression, NEATH ABBEY was considered to be the "fairest building in all Wales".
		Neath was finally dissolved in 1539, with Abbot Leyshon and the seven remaining monks each receiving pensions.
	www.walescottages.com /neath_abbey.htm (1438 words)

	Neath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neath (Welsh: Castell-Nedd) is a town with a population of approximately 60,000, located on the river of the same name in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales.
		Neath has existed as a settlement since Roman times, when the fort of Nidum stood on the spot.
		The previous borough council was absorbed into the larger unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot on April 1, 1996.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Neath (238 words)

	Swansea, Gower, and the Vale of Neath
		Neath Abbey Woolen Mill is at the Maritime and Industrial Museum on the Quay.
		Neath is an industrial town at the foot of the Vale of Neath.
		The Cistercian Neath Abbey was founded in the early 12th century, at the same time as the castle (little remains), but was rebuilt in the 14th and 17th centuries.
	www.britainexpress.com /wales/tour/swansea (1181 words)

	Abbeys in Wales - Swansea, Gower and the Vale of Neath
		Abbeys in Wales - Swansea, Gower and the Vale of Neath
		Abbeys and monasteries in Swansea, Gower and Vale of Neath
		Once called "the fairest abbey in all Wales", Neath is especially notable for its collection of earthenware floor tiles (some of which now grace the National Museum of Wales).
	www.britainexpress.com /wales/swansea/abbeys.htm (198 words)

	Llansamlet History, Industry, Coal-Mining. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In addition to the early coal developments mentioned on the Abbey estate on the west side of the Neath river, lands belonging to the lord to the west and east of the river were also being worked for coal during the 14th and 15th centuries.
		The output from the Abbey pits was most probably shipped not at the town quay but at a quay on the opposite side of the river near the Abbey, on the west bank of the estuary.
		Bussy Manselll was exporting coal from the town quay of Neath in 1663 and was mining Neath Abbey lands in 1670.
	www.page-net.com /swansea.localhistory/llansamlet/pages/coalmining.html (4884 words)

	Abbeys
		In 1129 Richard de Granville granted his fee, situated on the west bank of the river Neath, to the Norman abbey of Holy Trinity at Savigny for the foundation of a new monastery.
		This eventually paid off and by the end of the thirteenth century Neath Abbey was one of the wealthiest houses in Wales.
		The scheme attracted the attention of King Edward I and, on a visit to Neath in 1284, he presented the abbey with a beautiful canopy, intended for the High Altar.
	cistercians.shef.ac.uk /abbeys/neath.php (543 words)

	Castles and Longbows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Having often heard of this abbey, which in its day was one of the most famous in Wales, I determined to go and inspect it.
		The Abbey of Glen Neath was founded in the twelfth century by Richard Grenfield, one of the followers of Robert Fitzhamon, who subjugated Glamorgan.
		Neath Abbey was a very wealthy one, the founder having endowed it with extensive tracts of fertile land along the banks of the rivers Neath and Tawy.
	www.red4.co.uk /ebooks/wildwales/chapt102.htm (688 words)

	Travel and Tourist Information for Holidays and Short Breaks in Neath Port Talbot
		Neath, focal point of the Vale, is a curious town with antiquities from the Roman, Norman and medieval periods, all set in industrial surroundings that somehow make them all the more remarkable.
		The town of Neath (Castell-Nedd) has overcome its past as a centre of copper smelting to become a spacious, pleasantly ordinary place that is much overshadowed by near neighbour Swansea.
		The ghostly, dark silhouette of the Abbey founded in the early 16th century, a chunk of the building was converted into a mansion, which later metamorphosed into a copper-smelting works.
	www.travelguideuk.com /county.cfm?countyid=96 (446 words)

	Neath Abbey
		Situated on a slight outcrop of rock in the vale of Neath, the Abbey owes its beginnings to Richard de Granville.
		Rapid expansion however, meant that by the end of the twelfth century the abbey could not accommodate all the monks, so a programme of reconstruction was began.
		However, the community continued to expand at such a rapid pace that it was not until the end on the 14th century that the rebuilding work was finally completed.
	www.red-dragon-wales.com /ReligiousPlaces/Neath.htm (236 words)

	NEATH (Welsh, Casten-Nedd) - Online Information article about NEATH (Welsh, Casten-Nedd)
		BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf.
		abbey, to whose monks he later gave all his possessions in the district.
		FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NAN_NEW/NEATH_Welsh_Casten_Nedd_.html (1145 words)

	Neath Symposium
		5.6 Neath Abbey from a sketch by Egbert Moxham.
		8.3 Remains of one of the furnaces of Neath Abbey Ironworks.
		18.0 The Vale of Neath from Bwa Maen bt Thomas Hornor.
	home.clara.net /daibevan/neath/neathsymposium.htm (709 words)

	Cistercian Monks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		No student of geology can fail to realise that the mountains enclosing the Neath and Swansea valleys were subjected, in very early times to a great deal of glacial action, and that, in consequence, the slopes of these mountains must have been strewn with millions of tons of broken rocks.
		In the 12th century when the Cistercian monks of Neath Abbey came sailing up the Neath river, they must have been happy to see such a large quantity of broken rocks and stones along the Drumau mountainside.
		Nevertheless, its early history is the closest farming link with the earlier farming activities of the white monks of Neath Abbey.
	www.page-net.com /swansea.localhistory/llansamlet/pages/cistercian.htm (553 words)

	Neath, Neath Port Talbot from Carm1.co.uk - The Photographic Guide to Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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.
		RedDragonWales.com - Situated on a slight outcrop of rock in the vale of Neath, the Abbey owes its beginnings to Richard de Granville.
		CastleWales.com - Neath Abbey: Essentially, the ruins are those of an abbey founded by Richard de Granville in 1130, established as a daughter house of Savigny in Normandy.
	www.carm1.co.uk /neath (274 words)

	Welsh Abbeys
		Cistercian abbeys were to be sited in isolation away from towns or villages, and 'far from the concourse of men'.
		On the one hand, those of the south and east such as Tintern (founded 1131), Margam (founded 1147) and Neath (becoming Cistercian in 1147) were founded by Anglo-Norman lords, and their subsequent fortunes were largely dependent upon later Marcher Lords.
		t the abbey, the lay brothers lived as part of the full community, though they were bound by less severe rules.
	www.castlewales.com /abbeys.html (1941 words)

	Old Neath in Pictures Vol 3.
		Eirug Davies of Llanbedr-pont-Steffan, the crowned bard at the 1934 Neath Eisteddfod.
		Neath Abbey from the bottom of Taillwyd Rd. The Neath Abbey Ironworks office buildings, shell of the old village school and ruins of the Ironworks stables, a row of cottages.
		Neath Steel Sheet and Galvanizing Co. ['The Galve'] workers.
	home.clara.net /daibevan/neath/oldneath3.htm (1436 words)

	Abbey Category List
		But it was with the Norman Invasion that many more abbeys were created and, by the mid-14th century there were some 1,000 houses of varying denominations.
		A few continued in their role as cathedrals, and about one hundred of the monastic churches remained in use after the monks had gone, and the conventual buildings had been demolished.
		From the great Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire to the scant remains set amongst the wild and beautiful flower garden at Shaftesbury in Dorset, each abbey has the unique ability to induce some kind of emotion to the visitor.
	www.theheritagetrail.co.uk /alpha_lists/abbeylist.htm (277 words)

	Neath Abbey: Waterscape.com
		Neath Abbey was founded by Richard de Granville in 1130 and 17 years later became absorbed into the Cistercian order.
		In 1542, Richard Williams took over the abbey and converted the south-eastern part of the cloister ranges into a grand mansion.
		It is known to have been in the hands of Sir John Herbert by 1600, later becoming a copper smelting and casting workshop.
	www.waterscape.com /servicesdirectory/Neath_Abbey (188 words)

	West Glamorgan Archive Service - The Neath Antiquarian Societyâs Collections
		In addition to housing the Neath Archives Access Point, the Neath Mechanics’ Institute is the headquarters of the Neath Antiquarian Society, and houses their extensive archive collections.
		The Neath Antiquarian Society was formed in 1923 as the successor to the Neath Philosophical Society, which was in existence from 1834 to 1867.
		The seal of Neath Abbey is used by the society as its emblem.
	www.swansea.gov.uk /westglamorganarchives/index.cfm?articleid=3150 (506 words)

	%3C Neath at Local.co.uk
		Neath Castle Elisabeth Whittle 1992 Neath Castle was one of the minor Norman castles in the lordship of Glamorgan.
		Neath Abbey on the west side of town, Neath, South Wales SS 38974 All photographs copyright © 2005 by Bill Damick Cadw 1990
		Neath Camera Club, based in Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales, is a modern club which is fully into Digital imaging, with most of its members using Digital SLR's and Pro Sumer camera's as well as traditional methods using film.
	www.local.co.uk /Neath/< (472 words)

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		In a watching brief near Neath Abbey for Montgomery Watson, in very wet and often dangerous conditions, part of former railway bank was found and a picture built up of the changes in coal transportation in the 19th century.
		An earlier wall, possibly associated with the medieval abbey, was found under the bank.
		Plan of the Neath Abbey area in 1878 showing railways and industrial features next to the remains of the medieval abbey.
	www.ipresent.co.uk /aNeath.htm (103 words)

	Neath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Neath is a town with a population of approximately 60,000, located on the river of the same name in the traditional county of Glamorgan, south Wales.
		The previous borough council was adsorbed into the larger unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot on April 1 1996.
		The classical singer Katherine Jenkins is from Neath.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/N/Neath.htm (255 words)

	AllRefer.com - Neath (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Neath is both a market and an industrial town.
		Metallurgy and a growing petrochemical industry are important.
		Ruins remain there of Neath Abbey, founded c.1130.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Neath.html (151 words)

	Visitor Guide - Heritage - Neath Museum & Art Gallery
		The Neath Museum and Art Gallery is situated at the Gwyn Hall, Orchard Street in the town centre.
		On the ground floor a display of the archaeology and natural history of the Neath area has been constructed.
		On the first floor gallery there is a small collection of paintings and a series of temporary exhibitions relating to the area around Neath.
	www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk /tourism/heritage/neath_museum.cfm (173 words)

	Neath Abbey
		Neath Abbey was founded in 1130 by the Norman baron, Richard de Granville, on a rocky terrace overlooking the river marshlands.
		though originally affiliated to the monastic order of Savigny, Neath, along with the other Savignac houses, became Cistercian in 1147.
		During the 15th Century, Neath enjoyed a revival in its fortunes and, at the time of its suppression, was considered to be the "fairest building in all Wales".
	www.welshholidaycottages.com /neath_abbey.htm (95 words)

	Net Cymru: Whole of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Neath Abbey was established in 1130 by an order which shortly later became absorbed into the Cistercian order.
		The abbey flouished and at the height of wealth it owned estates as far away as Somerset.
		The abbey fell victim to the Protestant Reform.
	www.net-cymru.co.uk /WL0AB.HTM (158 words)

	Knowhere: Neath and Skewen Going Out, Clubs, Music Venues, Cinemas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		neath is a good night out if your looking not to spend that much money.
		Although refurbished, the Abbey is as dire as it ever was before it was "struck by lightning".
		I haven't been to the Abbey since it reopened in early '98 as I am now living in London, but lets just say I'm not planning any special trips down.....The Arch is, I agree, like a youth club these days (or am I getting older?).....
	www.knowhere.co.uk /559_goingout.html (2729 words)

	Wales on the Web Neath Abbey — A Movie of the Abbey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Wales on the Web Neath Abbey - wales flash movie Neath's Savigniac then Cistercian Abbey was established in 1130, and dissolved in 1539.
		The Abbey was much rebuilt during the C13th and C14th: Its living quarters lay south of a new church - church shadows were considered bad for human habitation.
		Dissolved in 1542, Neath Abbey passed to Sir Richard Williams, who converted its almost new Abbots lodging into a magnificent mansion, its plundered stone beginning the Abbey's destruction.
	www.worldwidewales.tv /html/movie-78.php (537 words)

	Map Neath at Local.co.uk
		Shop at Amazon for general books like "Neath: Including Briton Ferry, Skewen, Neath Abbey and Crynant" by Map book_format 1858871891 book_isbn at Amazon.co.uk.
		Neath Port Talbot All categories Map To browse services geographically, click an area on the map to see a full listing.
		Neath Abbey Road, Neath, West Glamorg Street Post Code Place OS grid (enter as x,y) Landranger grid Lat/Long Tel Code London Street Just type a question and click "Ask!" This product includes mapping data licensed from Ordnance Survey
	www.local.co.uk /Neath/Map (505 words)

	Neath on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Cricket: Neath on title mission at St Helen's; RUGBY UNION: Welsh All Blacks have hefty 16-try advantage over Llanelli in thrilling end to season.(Sport)
		Neath cut loose as the row rumbles on.(Sport)
		Football: Neath pass exam as they hand out lesson; Phillips so happy as his 'pupils' put in near-perfect performance at Cardiff.(Sport)
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Neath.asp (631 words)

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