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  Richmond National Battlefield Park information, pictures, and videos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Richmond National Battlefield Park was established in March of 1936 to preserve the history of some of the most contentious fighting of the Civil War.
The park strives to enhance the overall experience of the visitors, and protection of the flora and fauna is an integral part of this effort.
The remaining acreage of the park consists of forest habitat, transitioning from mixed hardwood to pine or mixed oak communities depending primarily on past land use and successional stage.
www.adventure-crew.com /parks/Richmond.asp   (948 words)

  
 Tredegar House - Home
Tredegar House is one of the architectural wonders of Wales and one of the most significant late 17th century buildings in the whole of the Britain.
After twenty-three years as a school, the house, together with ninety acres of parkland, was purchased by Newport Borough Council and in 1976 a major programme of restoration began, which continues to this day.
Tredegar House is now open for public tours from April to September, giving you the opportunity to enjoy one of South Wales' best kept secrets.
members.fortunecity.com /tredegarhouse/home.htm   (202 words)

  
 Hobo-Backpackers flexible backpacker accommodation, Located in Tredegar on the southern edge of the Brecon Beacons
Tredegar town is named after Lord Tredegar, head of the Morgan family and owner of the local iron works.
Tredegar is located at the head of the Sirhowy Valley, just south of the Brecon Beacons National Park, and to the west of the World Heritage Site at Blaenavon.
In the south east area of the park is the waterfall region.
www.hobo-backpackers.com /about_tredegar.htm   (650 words)

  
 Tredegar Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tredegar Park is a large municipal park located near the estates of Duffryn, Maesglas, and Gaer in the city of Newport.
The present day community (parish) and electoral district (ward) of Tredegar Park is a much smaller area consisting of the Duffryn estate and immediate surroundings.
The ward is bounded by the Ebbw River to the northeast, the Great Western Main Line to the east, Pencarn Lane to the south, and the grounds of Tredegar House to the northwest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tredegar_Park   (144 words)

  
 Tredegar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tredegar is a town in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent, traditional county of Monmouthshire, lying on the Sirhowy River in south east Wales, United Kingdom.
The pillar is wholly composed of cast-iron, upon a square pediment which in turn, receives a rectangular plinth, and upon this stands a cylindrical column of smooth surface and symmetrical diameter, ornamented with suitable coping on which rests the clock surrounded with a weather vane.
Tredegar is also well known for its clock in the centre of the town.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tredegar   (680 words)

  
 Wales At Heart
Tredegar Ironworks was established in 1801 by Samuel Homfray who was the son-in-law of Sir Charles Morgan of Tredegar House in Newport, which gave the town its name.
Parc Bryn Bach is situated to the North of Tredegar and boasts 600 acres of peaceful grassland and tree plantations with in attractive 36 acre lake used by many water sports enthusiasts.
Bedwellty House and Park, Tredegar – the 26acre Victorian Park dominates the southern entrance to Tredegar town centre.
www.walesatheart.com /wahcounties/blaenaugwent.htm   (1453 words)

  
 Tredegar Town Band
Tredegar was more than pleased to pick up the prize of £3000 to add the solid contribution that has come from their other successes in a year that has seen them rebuild and go from strength to strength.
Tredegar brass band enthusiasts were able to relax in the afternoon sunshine and enjoy the band perform in the bandstand of Bedwellty Park on another sunny Sunday afternoon.
Tredegar is a friendly and energetic band with the determination and ability to return to the top echelons of banding.
www.tredegartownband.org   (6682 words)

  
 Bryn Bach Parc   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Park is set in 340 acres of mixed grass and woodland and has a 36-acre lake as its focal point.
The Park offers something for all, whether you are strolling or cycling around the lake, picnicking or barbequing with the family or participating in the many adventure activities available at the Park.
The Park is host to a variety of events throughout the year, which include, cycling races on the newly opened closed cycling circuit, which also plays host to the Junior Tour Of Wales.
www.blaenau-gwent.gov.uk /Tourism/Brynbachparc.htm   (607 words)

  
 Newport City Centre   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Set in a beautiful 90 acre park, Tredegar House is one of the best examples of a 17th century Charles II mansion in Britain.
The Park and Woodland Walk are open all year from 9.00am to dusk.
Tredegar House is just two miles west of Newport town centre.
www.newport.gov.uk /_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=thingstosee.tredegarhouse   (237 words)

  
 Tredegar House   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Tredegar could well have ended up in National Trust hands on a few occasions in the 20th century.
Evan, Viscount Tredegar was approached by them in the late 1940s, and his cousin, John, 6th and last Baron Tredegar, contemplated the idea of Trust ownership in the 1950s (but, a Roman Catholic convert, he preferred to sell it to the Sisters of St Joseph.).
When I first arrived at Tredegar in early 1998 as a callow youth with little idea as to the historic importance of the place, Ruth was one of the first people I met.
www.tredegarhouse.blogspot.com   (2000 words)

  
 Tredegar Arms Hotel | Merthyr Tydfil | South Wales
The Hotel has been run by the same family for the last 10 years in which time we have built a good reputation serving fine ales and beer.
We have ample car parking at the rear of the premises.
Tredegar Arms Hotel has a policy to maintain the highest standard of service.
www.tredegararmshotel.co.uk   (304 words)

  
 Town Planning
The Tredegar Ironworks, named after the Tredegar Park estate, were constructed by the same men on land leased from the estate in 1800.
The roughly oval-shaped Bedwellty Park occupied all the remaining land (10.5 hectares) between the 'by-pass' and the Sirhowy Tramroad and was equal in extent to the new town itself.
Tredegar's existing street pattern remains almost exactly as it was when first laid out in the period up to 1820 and, consequently, is first-hand evidence of the town's unique place in the history of urban planning.
www.cradleofnhs.org.uk /plan.htm   (8226 words)

  
 HANDICAP ACCESS IN THE JAMES RIVER PARK
Tredegar Street and Brown's Island: Interesting views of river with some interpretive signs.
Park on Tredegar St. at Belle Isle lot near Lee Bridge.
Park under the Manchester Bridge (not at lot on Semmes Av.
www.jamesriverpark.org /disability.htm   (492 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - More houses for St Catherine - Saturday | July 21, 2001
SEVENTY-SIX contributors to the National Housing Trust became landowners in the new Tredegar Park housing scheme in St. Catherine recently.
The Tredegar Park Housing Development is a joint venture project involving the NHT, the Jamaica Union of Public Officers and Public Employees (JUPOPE) and the Jamaica Civil Service Association (JCSA), the state housing agency said in a release.
While addressing the recipients of the Tredegar Park lots, the Prime Minister acknowledged that like the Twickenham Park development Tredegar Park had its share of problems, due to illegal occupation of the land.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20010721/real/real2.html   (202 words)

  
 Tredegar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
When Evan became Lord Tredegar in 1934, and Lord of the estate, he began holding wild weekend parties attended by a curious mixture of the famous and the entirely unknown such as HG Wells, Marchesa Casati, Aleister Crowley, Prince Paul of Greece and Lord Alfred Douglas to name only a few.
His menagerie of animals at Tredegar included a boxing kangaroo, a honey bear, baboons that stalked the gardeners, an anteater, pigeons, birds of prey, which were often sent after suspected Nazi spy pigeons, and a parrot named "Blue Boy"  who would sit on his shoulder.
He retired to his country seat, Tredegar Park in South Wales, and invited Aleister Crowley, the renowned occultist and magician, to prepare a spell.
www.redflame93.com /Tredegar.html   (2796 words)

  
 Tredegar Iron Works Richmond VA
Tredegar Iron Works was of vital importance during the American Civil War.
The building is used by the company who owns the property as a meeting place and is closed to the public.
This lathe was used at Tredegar to bore the rifling of cannons.
www.wclathan.com /Tredegar/Tredegar-Iron-Works.html   (708 words)

  
 Industrial Heritage of South Wales
Aneurin Bevan was born in Tredegar in 1897.
Tredegar originally a mining and steel town, home to many industrial inventions, political leaders but possibly best know as the birth place of the National Health Service.
Tredegar is the birth place of many industrial inventions, it's the site of the first iron works.
www.hobo-backpackers.com /heritage.htm   (3035 words)

  
 Tredegar Golf Club
Tredegar Park Golf Club has been in existence since 1921 at the park of the same name but was previously situated at Ladyhill.
The Viscount Tredegar was approached to on the matter and kindly consented to a portion of Deer Park for development and he also accepted the honour of the club presidency.
The course, however, is known for its springy turf and excellent greens and that kind of reputation has put the club at the forefront of golf in South Wales and Monmouthshire.
www.greenfeesavers.co.uk /wales/tredegarpark.html   (155 words)

  
 Paul Flynn MP - Newport West - Newport Delight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Tredegar House is one of the architectural wonders of Wales.
For over five hundred years it was home to one of the greatest of Welsh families, the Morgans, later Lords Tredegar.
After 23 years as a school, the House, together with ninety acres of park land, was bought by Newport Borough Council.
www.paulflynnmp.co.uk /newportdetail.jsp?id=274   (200 words)

  
 Tredegar Town Band Calendar of Events
Tredegar have been lucky enough to engage the service of Mike Fowles for a number of prestigious engagements.
Gary Cutt who has a long association with Tredegar will be taking them to the Ebbw Vale contest and leading their attempt to return to the British Open competition via the Grand Shield.
Full concert schedule to be published shortly but Tredegar will be appearing in a number of venues, including Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Blaenavon and the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.
www.tredegartownband.org /CALENDAR.htm   (171 words)

  
 Civil War Traveler | Virginia | Central | Richmond
The main visitor center, located in one of the buildings of the famous Tredegar Iron Works on the James River, focuses on the history of the city and the Richmond area during the war.
There is free two-hour parking on Fifth Street and in a lot about a block beyond the Center on Tredegar Street, but availability is limited.
Meadow Farm, county park off Mountain Road - Civil War civilian life is often depicted at this antebellum farm house and grounds during events and programs.
www.civilwar-va.com /virginia/va-central/richmond.html   (2788 words)

  
 Tredegar Park, Newport - South Wales - UK Activity
The park has many playing fields which can be booked for a variety of sports, an excellent children’s play area and a paddling pool which is open during the summer.
There is a pitch and putt course, tennis courts, and toilets and changing facilities.
The park is also close to the river which offers pleasant walks and there are often events to look out for in the summer.
www.ukactivity.com /south-wales/tredegar-park.htm   (169 words)

  
 Golf Solutions - providing solutions to the golfing industry, golf clubs, golf societies and golfing enthusiasts
Tredegar Park Golf Club, one of the best known names in the history of golf in South Wales, is now located on the undulating hills of Rogerstone, just outside Newport.Since its creation a century ago,
Tredegar Park Golf Club has resided in three locations around Newport.
However, the wonderful new course in Rogerstone has been designed by well known Golf Architect, Rob Sandow and great care has been taken in making this new course an exciting and challenging game for all categories of golfer.
www.golf-solutions.co.uk /courses/course.asp?course=Tredegar   (123 words)

  
 The Richmond Riverfront - Civil War Visitor Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The 2003 Unilever Recycling at Work Grant was awarded to Richmond National Battlefield Park and Richmond Historic Riverfront Foundation, resulting in the placement of 26 ADA-compliant picnic tables at the Richmond Civil War Visitor Center at historic Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia.
Projects funded to date highlight the environmental leadership of the National Park Service and demonstrate how people may live more lightly on the land through the use of environmentally sustainable materials and techniques.
Patrice Ferrell, Education Specialist for Richmond National Battlefield Park, has developed several curriculum-based educational programs at the Tredegar Civil War Visitor Center that engage students in a national park experience while offer learning opportunities and a chance to explore America's history.
www.richmondriverfront.com /cwvisitorcenter.shtml   (315 words)

  
 Richmond National Battlefield Park - Richmond National Battlefield Park (U.S. National Park Service)
Richmond's story is not just the tale of one large Civil War battle, nor even one important campaign.
Instead, the park's resources include a naval battle, a key industrial complex, the Confederacy's largest hospital, dozens of miles of elaborate original fortifications, and the evocative spots where determined soldiers stood paces apart and fought with rifles, reaping a staggering human cost.
There were two major campaigns to take Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy: the 1862 Peninsula Campaign and the 1864 Overland Campaign.
www.nps.gov /rich   (210 words)

  
 New Tredegar Communities Partnership » Communities 1st Partnership
A New Tredegar Business Park has been created with the provision of twenty new business units.
Good progress has been made on the construction of the units which will be opened in early Autumn, providing opportunities for local entrepreneurs and employment for local people.
The development of the TRENT road (The REgeneration of New Tredegar) is now speeding along and will have the effect of removing all the constant through traffic on Queens Road.
www.newtredegar.org.uk /communities-partnership   (356 words)

  
 Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Virginia
The park commemorates eleven sites associated with those campaigns, including Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Cold Harbor, Fort Harrison, and Drewrey's Bluff.
The park commemorates eleven different sites associated with those campaigns, including the battlefields at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, and Cold Harbor.
Established in 1936, the park protects 763 acres of historic ground.
www.museumsusa.org /museums/info/1162713   (344 words)

  
 Tredegar Park, Newport - South Wales - UK Attraction
Tredegar Park, Newport - South Wales - UK Attraction
Tredegar Park is a great place to take children as there is so much to do.
View details of self-catering accommodation near Tredegar Park
www.ukattraction.com /south-wales/tredegar-park.htm   (165 words)

  
 Data Wales :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Evan was the last of the Morgans to live in Tredegar House, the Morgan mansion now owned by the Newport Borough Council.
He held "wild weekend parties attended by a curious mixture of the famous and the entirely unknown".
Evan kept a menagerie of animals at Tredegar and the picture (taken around 1936) shows him at a garden party with his pet parrot "Blue Boy".
www.data-wales.co.uk /morgane.htm   (188 words)

  
 Tredegar House Caravan Club Site , Newport Campsite review
Site set in grounds of small country park, great for walking the dogs.
Expect a little bit of road noise if parked at the back of the site.
All facilities are spotless.We arrived when the Eistedfodd (guessing the spelling!) was due to start and as such the childrens play area was out of bounds (would have been nice to have been told in advance if we had taken the kids!!).
www.ukcampsite.co.uk /sites/reviews.asp?revid=4900   (585 words)

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