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Wenvoe

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Wenvoe (Gwenfô) is a Welsh village and community between Barry and Cardiff in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. [1]

53 relations: Agriculture, Barber, Barry, Vale of Glamorgan, Beeching cuts, Before Present, Bonvilston, Botanical garden, Cardiff, Chamber tomb, Chambered long barrow, Community (Wales), Cromwell's Other House, Culverhouse Cross, Dolmen, Dyffryn Gardens, Edmund Thomas (Parliamentarian), General store, George IV of the United Kingdom, High Sheriff of Glamorgan, House of Commons of England, Mary, mother of Jesus, Megalith, Middle Ages, Neolithic, Newspaper, Parish church, PGA European Tour, Post office, Primary school, Pub, Robert Francis Jenner, Scout group, Simon Cox (golfer), South Glamorgan, St Lythans, St. Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan, Suburb, The Wenvoe Arms, Tinkinswood, Twyn-yr-Odyn, United Kingdom, Vale of Glamorgan, Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency), Village hall, Wales, Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, Wenvoe Castle Golf Club, Wenvoe Quarry, Wenvoe railway station, Wenvoe transmitting station, ..., Wenvoe Tunnel, Wrinstone, 5th millennium BC. Expand index (3 more) »

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Barber

A barber (from the Latin barba, "beard") is a person whose occupation is mainly to cut, dress, groom, style and shave men’s and boys' hair.

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Barry, Vale of Glamorgan

Barry (Y Barri) is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, on the north coast of the Bristol Channel approximately south-southwest of Cardiff.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Before Present

Before Present (BP) years is a time scale used mainly in geology and other scientific disciplines to specify when events occurred in the past.

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Bonvilston

Bonvilston (Tresimwn) is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Botanical garden

A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Chamber tomb

A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.

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Chambered long barrow

Chambered long barrows, also known as megalithic long barrows or chambered tombs, were a style of monument constructed across Western Europe in the fifth and fourth millennia BC, during the Early Neolithic period.

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Community (Wales)

A community (cymuned) is a division of land in Wales that forms the lowest tier of local government in Wales.

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Cromwell's Other House

The Other House (also referred to as the Upper House, House of Peers and House of Lords), established by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell under the terms of the Humble Petition and Advice, was one of the two chambers of the Parliaments that legislated for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, in 1658 and 1659, the final years of the Protectorate.

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Culverhouse Cross

Culverhouse Cross (Croes Cwrlwys) is a district straddling the boundary between Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Dolmen

A dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more vertical megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table".

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Dyffryn Gardens

Dyffryn Gardens (Gerddi Dyffryn) is a collection of botanical gardens located near the villages of Dyffryn and St. Nicholas in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Edmund Thomas (Parliamentarian)

Edmund Thomas (1633–1677) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654 and 1656 and sat in Cromwell's Upper House.

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General store

A general store (also known as general merchandise store, general dealer or village shop) is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise.

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George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover following the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.

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High Sheriff of Glamorgan

This page is a list of High Sheriffs of Glamorgan.

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House of Commons of England

The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England (which incorporated Wales) from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain.

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Mary, mother of Jesus

Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran.

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Megalith

A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Neolithic

The Neolithic was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 10,200 BC, according to the ASPRO chronology, in some parts of Western Asia, and later in other parts of the world and ending between 4500 and 2000 BC.

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Newspaper

A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events.

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.

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PGA European Tour

The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Senior Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour.

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Post office

A post office is a customer service facility forming part of a national postal system.

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Primary school

A primary school (or elementary school in American English and often in Canadian English) is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about seven to twelve, coming after preschool, infant school and before secondary school.

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Pub

A pub, or public house, is an establishment licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, which traditionally include beer (such as ale) and cider.

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Robert Francis Jenner

Robert Francis Jenner (13 January 1802 – 8 April 1860) of Wenvoe Castle was High Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1828.

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Scout group

A Scout Group is a local organizational structure in some Scouting organizations that consists of different age programs, gender units and/or multiple units of the same age program.

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Simon Cox (golfer)

Simon Cox (born 20 March 1952) is a Welsh professional golfer and coach.

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South Glamorgan

South Glamorgan (De Morgannwg) is a preserved county of Wales.

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St Lythans

St Lythans (Llwyneliddon) is an affluent hamlet and former parish in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just outside western Cardiff.

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St. Nicholas, Vale of Glamorgan

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Suburb

A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city.

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The Wenvoe Arms

The Wenvoe Arms is a village pub in Wenvoe, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.

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Tinkinswood

Tinkinswood or its full name Tinkinswood Burial Chamber (Siambr Gladdu Tinkinswood), also known as Castell Carreg, Llech-y-Filiast and Maes-y-Filiast, is a megalithic burial chamber, built around 6,000 BP (before Present), during the Neolithic period, in the Vale of Glamorgan, near Cardiff, Wales.

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Twyn-yr-Odyn

Twyn-yr-Odyn is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Vale of Glamorgan

The Vale of Glamorgan, often referred to as The Vale, (Bro Morgannwg) is a county borough in Wales, bordering Bridgend, Cardiff, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

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Vale of Glamorgan (UK Parliament constituency)

Vale of Glamorgan (Welsh: Bro Morgannwg) is a county constituency in South Wales, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Village hall

In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local community.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom

The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors.

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Wenvoe Castle Golf Club

Wenvoe Castle Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course near Barry and Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan off the A4050 road, situated to the south of Cardiff, the capital of Wales.

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Wenvoe Quarry

Wenvoe Quarry is a quarry between Wenvoe and Culverhouse Cross in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.

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Wenvoe railway station

Wenvoe railway station is a former railway station in Wenvoe in south Wales.

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Wenvoe transmitting station

The Wenvoe transmitting station is a facility for broadcasting and telecommunications situated close to the village of Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, in the UK.

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Wenvoe Tunnel

Wenvoe Tunnel is a disused tunnel on the defunct Barry Railway that runs under Culverhouse Cross on the western outskirts of Cardiff, in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.

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Wrinstone

Wrinstone or Wrinston is a medieval hamlet, just east of Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales.

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5th millennium BC

The 5th millennium BC spanned the years 5000 through 4001 BC.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenvoe

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