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Skewen
Welsh: *Sgiwen*
Skewen Welsh: Sgiwen;
	A view over Skewen
	Skewen Location within Neath Port Talbot
Population	8,500
OS grid reference	SS727974
Principal area	Neath Port Talbot;
Preserved county	West Glamorgan;
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEATH
Postcode district	SA10
Dialling code	01792
Police	South Wales
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Aberavon;
	List of places UK Wales Neath Port Talbot 51°39′39″N 3°50′24″W / 51.6609°N 3.8399°W

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Skewen (Welsh: Sgiwen) is a village within the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, in Wales. The village is served by Skewen railway station and has its own rugby club.

History

Skewen was once an industrial village. There were a number of collieries around the village (see link below). The Crown and Mines Royal Copper Works and the Cheadle and Neath Abbey Ironworks were once important industrial sites which stood close by. Old top-loading blast furnaces can also be seen at Neath Abbey. To the south of Skewen lies the village of Llandarcy, the site of the country's first oil refinery. The site of this former oil refinery is now being developed as an urban village called Coed Darcy, a development which was promoted at its start by the Prince of Wales's Foundation for the Built Environment.^{[citation needed]}

Monuments of interest

The ruins of Neath Abbey, a former Cistercian monastery, are now in the care of Cadw. On Mynydd Drumau to the north of the village is an ancient standing stone known as the Carreg Bica (or 'Maen Bradwen').

Notable people

The village is the birthplace of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans (1859–1918), British judge and politician who was appointed Solicitor-General in 1908 and became the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division in 1910.
Skewen is also the birthplace of internationally successful singer Bonnie Tyler and Welsh composer David John de Lloyd (1883-1948).
Comedian Eddie Izzard lived in the village for a short time during childhood.^[1]
The grandparents of the legendary American entrepreneur Howard Hughes are believed to have lived in Skewen in the 1930s.
The notorious murderer, Elizabeth "Betty" Maude Jones, née Baker (1926-?), was born in Skewen. In October 1944, she and an American paratrooper named Karl Hulten (1922-1944), sometimes branded "the Blackout Bonnie and Clyde", carried out a series of brutal crimes that culminated in the murder of a London taxi driver. Both she and Hulten were sentenced to death, but Jones was reprieved by the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison.

Nearest places

References

^ "This is why Eddie Izzard hates it when the Welsh get a hard time from 'casual racist banter' - Wales Online".

External links

[1] "This is why Eddie Izzard hates it when the Welsh get a hard time from 'casual racist banter' - Wales Online".

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+| static_image_caption     = A view over Skewen
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+| lieutenancy_wales        = [[West Glamorgan]]
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+| constituency_westminster = [[Aberavon (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberavon]]
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-'''Skewen''' ({{lang-cy|Sgiwen}}) is a village within the [[county borough]] of [[Neath Port Talbot]], in [[Wales]].
+'''Skewen''' ({{langx|cy|Sgiwen}}) is a village within the [[county borough]] of [[Neath Port Talbot]], in [[Wales]]. The village is served by [[Skewen railway station]] and has  its own [[Skewen RFC|rugby club]].
-The village is served by [[Skewen railway station]].
-It was founded in 1245 by legendary welshman Terry Batt, along with his two grandsons Benjamin (the lip) and Luke Haddon.
 ==History==
-Skewen was once an industrial village.  There were a number of collieries around the village - (see link below). The Crown and Mines Royal Copper Works and the Cheadle and Neath Abbey Ironworks were once important industrial sites which stood close by.  Old top loading blast furnaces can also be seen at Neath Abbey.  To the south of Skewen lies the village of [[Llandarcy]], site of the former Llandarcy [[oil refinery]]. Huw Pudner and Chris Hastings have written a folk song called "Skewen Main 1925" which is about the closure of the Skewen Main coal mine.
+Skewen was once an industrial village.  There were a number of [[Coal mining|collieries]] around the village (see link below). The Crown and Mines Royal Copper Works and the Cheadle and Neath Abbey Ironworks were once important industrial sites which stood close by.  Old top-loading [[blast furnace]]s can also be seen at [[Neath Abbey]].  To the south of Skewen lies the village of [[Llandarcy]], the site of the country's first [[Llandarcy Oil Refinery|oil refinery]]. The site of this former oil refinery is now being developed as an urban village called [[Coed Darcy]], a development which was promoted at its start by the [[Charles, Prince of Wales#Built environment|Prince of Wales's Foundation for the Built Environment]].{{cn|date=September 2021}}
 ==Monuments of interest==
-The ruins of [[Neath Abbey]], a former [[Cistercian]] [[monastery]], are now in the care of [[CADW]].On [[Mynydd Drumau]] to the north of the village is an ancient site, Y Carreg Bica (or 'Maen Bradwen' which translates into English as 'the white rock of betrayal').
+The ruins of [[Neath Abbey]], a former [[Cistercian]] [[monastery]], are now in the care of [[Cadw]]. On [[Mynydd Drumau]] to the north of the village is an ancient standing stone known as the Carreg Bica (or 'Maen Bradwen').
 ==Notable people==
-The village is the birthplace of Sir [[Samuel Thomas Evans]] (1859-1918), British judge and politician who was appointed Solicitor-General in 1908 and became the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty division in 1910. Also of the composer [[David John de Lloyd]] and singer [[Bonnie Tyler]]. [[Eddie Izzard]], the comedian, lived in the village for a short while in his boyhood as did the actress [[Lorna Bennett (actor)|Lorna Bennett]]. Grandparents of legendary entrepreneur Hugh Hefner lived in Skewen for a short time during the 1830s.
+*The village is the birthplace of Sir [[Samuel Thomas Evans]] (1859–1918), British judge and politician who was appointed [[Solicitor General for England and Wales|Solicitor-General]] in 1908 and became the [[President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division]] in 1910.
+*Skewen is also the birthplace of internationally successful singer [[Bonnie Tyler]] and Welsh composer [[David John de Lloyd]] (1883-1948).
+*Comedian [[Eddie Izzard]] lived in the village for a short time during childhood.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/eddie-izzard-hates-welsh-hard-13643411 |title = This is why Eddie Izzard hates it when the Welsh get a hard time from 'casual racist banter' - Wales Online}}</ref>
+* The grandparents of the legendary American entrepreneur [[Howard Hughes]] are believed to have lived in Skewen in the 1930s.
+* The notorious murderer, Elizabeth "Betty" Maude Jones, née Baker (1926-?), was born in Skewen. In October 1944, she and an American paratrooper named Karl Hulten (1922-1944), sometimes branded "the Blackout Bonnie and Clyde", carried out a series of brutal crimes that culminated in the murder of a London taxi driver. Both she and Hulten were sentenced to death, but Jones was reprieved by the Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison.
-==Terry Batt==
+==Nearest places==
+*[[Neath Abbey]]
-Terry Batt the founder of Skewen can usually be found in skewen park where he plays the sport he co-invented - short mat bowls.
+*[[Llandarcy]]
-The other founders of this great sport were Terry Batt's brother Adolf Hitler, Alf, Stephen Williams, Jose Mounrinho, Manfernando, Kyle Bishop, Queen Elizabeth, Peter Andre and Pat Butcher.
+*[[Birchgrove, Swansea|Birchgrove]]
-Currently Skewen are the Welsh short mat bowls champions and two time world champions (yawn) Stephen Williams, who can recall every bowl he has ever bowled, Benjamin 'the lip' Haddon, Luke Haddon, Kieth Davies ("Get up there"), Elvis, Paul Ryan, Chris "chubby" Martin, Tom Jones, Dale "henry 8th" Gorman and Badger meep meep. Also a person called Arwel "the shower" Morgan lives down the road in the dump of Longford who fantasises as being as good as Stephen Williams.
+==References==
-==Stories about individual being scared of showers==
+{{Reflist}}
-Towards the end of December 2009, stories in the press reported that an individual from the Skewen area has a phobia of showers. It was later found that this was Longford youngster Arwel Morgan. When walking around the area, it is guaranteed that a shower noise will accompany Morgan. Morgan was unavailable for comment when Wikipedia tried for an interview. However he is said to remain fearful of showers and because of this has become allergic to shower heads, even when used in a sexual way.
- ==External links==
+==External links==
 *[http://www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/GlamWest/SkewenMain.htm Skewen Colliery]
-*[http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2764507 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Skewen and surrounding area]
+*[https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=2764507 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Skewen and surrounding area]
+{{Neath Port Talbot}}
+{{authority control}}
 [[Category:Villages in Neath Port Talbot]]
-[[Category:M4 corridor]]
-[[bg:Скиуен]]
-[[cy:Sgiwen]]

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