Bridgend - Coal and industry - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia - Bridgend
Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend. Bridge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - Coal And Industry
The first coal mines opened in the valleys north of Bridgend in the seventeenth century, with the Llynfi valley being the first to be ind...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - Castles And Foundation
The town has three castles nearby: Coity Castle, in the village of Coity approximately two miles from the centre; Ogmore Castle on the ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - Culture
Bridgend has its own commercial radio station: 106.3 Bridge FM. Bridgend is twinned with Langenau, Germany and Villenave D'Ornon, France....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - Post-war Bridgend
Bridgend remained a solid market town after the War. In 1948, Newbridge Fields (a short distance from the town centre) hosted the 1948 Na...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - The Second World War And Bridgend
Bridgend played an important part during the Second World War. It was it home to a Prisoner of War Camp at Island Farm and a large muniti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bridgend: Encyclopedia Ii - Bridgend - Modern Bridgend And The Future
Further new housing developments at Broadlands (near Newbridge Fields) and the never ending expansion of Brackla have caused Bridgend's p...   » Read the article