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Margam Abbey
St Mary's Abbey Church, Margam
Abaty Margam
Margam Abbey: the present parish Church of St Mary comprises the nave of the abbey church
Map
LocationMargam, Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
CountryWales
DenominationChurch in Wales
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
ChurchmanshipAnglo-Catholic
History
StatusParish church
Founded1147
DedicationSaint Mary
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade I
StyleRomanesque
Administration
ProvinceWales
DioceseLlandaff
ArchdeaconryMargam

Margam Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Margam) was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales.

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Margam Abbey (Welsh: Abaty Margam) was a Cistercian monastery, located in the village of Margam, a suburb of modern Port Talbot in Wales. The abbey was...

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Situated within the park are three notable buildings: Margam Abbey, a Cistercian monastery; Margam Castle, a neo-Gothic country house that was once the...

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Margam Castle

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granted the lands at Margam to Clairvaux Abbey, for the establishment of a new Cistercian monastery which became Margam Abbey. Following the Dissolution...

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Margam Stones Museum

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visitors to the Abbey, Museum and Abbots Kitchen Restaurant. Margam Abbey was a Cistercian Abbey founded in 1147, and the nave survives as Margam Parish Church...

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Margam

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Taibach community. Margam was an ancient Welsh community, formerly part of the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, initially dominated by Margam Abbey, a wealthy house...

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Port Talbot

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16 in × 16 in (400 mm × 400 mm) stone culvert in Margam. This may have been a water supply for Margam Abbey, 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) to the east. The Cross...

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Port Talbot Steelworks

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at the Port Talbot complex began with the Margam Iron and Steel Works, completed between 1923 and 1926. Abbey Steelworks was planned in 1947, but today...

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Mordred

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Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9781843842330. "Discovery of King Arthur's Grave: Margam Abbey Chronicle". britannia.com. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Moll, Richard James...

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List of Cistercian abbeys in Britain

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Fountains): 29  Margam Abbey, West Glamorgan, Wales (1147 Clairvaux) Meaux Abbey, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (1151 Fountains): 44  Medmenham Abbey, Buckinghamshire...

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Mansel family

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and Margam abbey, Glamorganshire". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2023. "Mansell family of Margam" (2019)...

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Invasion of Normandy by Philip II of France

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but modern historians believe he was murdered by John. The annals of Margam Abbey suggest that "John had captured Arthur and kept him alive in prison for...

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Dieu Abbey Kemeys Commander Llangua Priory Llanthony Priory Monmouth Priory St Kynemark Priory Tintern Abbey Usk Priory Margam Abbey Neath Abbey Bassaleg...

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Penrice Castle

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and its lands passed to the Mansel family. The Mansels later bought Margam Abbey and made it their main seat, while retaining their Gower lands. The castle...

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Coelbren y Beirdd

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manuscripts copied into collections stored at Plas y Fan, Neath Abbey, Margam Abbey and Raglan Library, and compiled by Meurig Dafydd and Lewys Morgannwg...

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High Sheriff of Glamorgan

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John Stradling 1541 George Herbert of Swansea 1542 Sir Rice Mansel of Margam Abbey 1543 Sir Edward Carne of Ewenny Priory 1544 William Bassett of Beaupre...

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Lewis Mansel

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Sheriff of Glamorgan in 1637. Lewis Mansel died in 1638 and was buried at Margam Abbey. William Shaw & G. Dyfnallt Owen, HMC 77 Viscount De L'Isle Penshurst...

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National Library of Wales

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possession of Miss Talbot of Margam contains manuscript material from the twelfth to nineteenth centuries. This includes the Margam Abbey archive which is one...

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Neath Port Talbot

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year round. The park houses Go Ape tree tops adventure, Margam Castle, Margam Abbey, Margam Orangery, a fairy tale adventure playground and is set in...

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Monasteranenagh Abbey

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monastery was made subject to Margam Abbey after the conspiracy of Mellifont in 1127. In 1228 the monks fortified the abbey to prevent Stephen of Lexington's...

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Avalon

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described as gigantic. The account of the burial by the chronicle of Margam Abbey says three bodies were found, the other being that of Mordred; Richard...

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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England

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the Reformation, and virtually every town, of any size, had at least one abbey, priory, convent or friary in it. (Often many small houses of monks, nuns...

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GWR 4000 Class

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(Swindon Lot 217). These were numbered 4061–4072 and were named after famous Abbeys in the GWR territory. They were built with improved crank axles. In 1937...

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Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot

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Talbot's Castle and Lacock Abbey. The family had bought Margam Abbey and its extensive 18,725 acres (7,578 ha) parish of Margam during the Dissolution of...

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Olive Talbot

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just before her 52nd birthday, in London. Her remains were placed at Margam Abbey, with a memorial tablet. One of her biggest projects, the church of St...

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List of scheduled monuments in Neath Port Talbot

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GGAT PRN: 00771w. Cadw SAM: GM005: Margam Abbey coflein NPRN: 32343. GGAT PRN: 04796w. Cadw SAM: GM545: Margam Medieval Bath House coflein NPRN: 94528...

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