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The Bays of Gower

Post 1

Gwyrangon

Just a few points.

Swansea Bay actually runs from Porthcawl in the east, not Briton Ferry.

Gower's 'Englishness' was largely confined to the south; north Gower was always Welsh. And I was always taught that those who settled south Gower came from north Devon and Somerset, not south Devon as quoted.

Port Eynon is named after a Welsh chieftan named Einion, not "Eynon", this being an anglicisation and now a local surname. As a boy growing up in Swansea I remember a string of Eynon's cafes.


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Post 2

The Monks Ghost

Thanks for that. I wrote as much of this as I could from memory, which is still pretty good but far from infallible. Now, where's that bloody Curator when you need him?


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