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PORTHCAWL

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 117 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PORTHCAWL , a seaport and See also:

urban See also:district in the See also:mid-See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Glamorganshire, See also:South See also:Wales, 30 M. by See also:rail W. of See also:Cardiff and 22 M. S.E. of See also:Swansea. Pop. (1901) 1872. The urban district (formed in 1893) is conterminous with the See also:civil See also:parish of See also:Newton Nottage, which, in addition to Porthcawl proper, built on the See also:sea-front, comprises the See also:ancient See also:village of Nottage, r m. N., and the more See also:modern village of New-ton, 1 m. N.E. of Porthcawl. The natural See also:harbour of Newton (as it used to be called) was improved by a See also:breakwater, and was connected by a See also:tramway with Maesteg, whence See also:coal and See also:iron were brought for shipment. The tramway was converted into a railway, and in 1865 opened for passenger See also:traffic. In 1866 a See also:dock (71 acres) and tidal See also:basin (21 acres) were constructed, butsince about 1902 they have fallen into disuse and the coal is diverged to other ports, chiefly See also:Port See also:Talbot. Porthcawl, however, has grown in popularity as a watering-See also:place. Situated on a slightly elevated headland facing Swansea See also:Bay and the See also:Bristol Channel, it has See also:fine sands, rocks and breezy See also:commons, on one of which, near See also:golf links resorted to from all parts of Glamorgan, is " The See also:Rest," a convalescent See also:home for the working classes, completed in 1891, with See also:accommodation for eighty persons.

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climate of Porthcawl is bracing, and the rainfall (averaging 25 in.) is about the lowest on the South Wales See also:coast. The district is described by R. D. See also:Blackmore in his See also:tale The Maid of Sker (1872), based on a See also:legend associated with Sker See also:House, a fine Elizabethan See also:building in the adjoining parish of Sker, which was formerly extra-parochial. The parish See also:church (dedicated to St See also:John the Baptist) has a pre-See also:Reformation See also:stone See also:altar and an ancient carved stone See also:pulpit, said to be the only relic of an earlier church now covered by the sea.

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