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BETA - Kenfig HomepageToday :
Documenting the entire history of the Old Kenfig Borough / Old Bro Cynffig
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BETA - Kenfig HomepageToday :
Documenting the entire history of the Old Kenfig Borough / Old Bro Cynffig
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An important part of Wales' documentary heritage - identified by The National Library of Wales
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Explore the history and importance of the Kenfig / Cynffig Borough - a medieval and now buried city on the South Wales coastline,
United Kingdom - a location historically represented within the British governmental establishment and steeped in myth & legend.
Learn about the history & development of the entire Kenfig and surrounding areas and its peoples throughout the ages
together with viewing a unique and envious
pictorial history of the entire area exclusive here on Kenfig - The Complete History website.
Experience local ghost stories and folklore, tales of
smuggling & shipwrecks and learn of the beauty & turbulent
past of Sker House together with its lovelorn maids.
Experience what it was like during WWII throughout the entire area together with personal oral accounts from local people
and from individuals both here in the UK and throughout the world who have special memories of the area and the former
RAF base at Stormy Down located nearby.
Exclusive to our Members Area are detailed oral accounts of the area from local people together with
personal photographs, documents, and information donated by local peoples themselves to this website project.
View our Famous People and Sporting Halls of Fame sections along with a unique local family tree section aimed at
encouraging the research of these areas especially by local peoples with the overview of creating an totally unique
database of the true history of the Kenfig and surrounding areas.
Heritage Status & Online Educational Resource
The National Library of Wales has identified www.kenfig.org.uk website as an important part of Wales'
documentary heritage and has requested the archiving of this website which will subsequently form part
of the library's permanent collections. The Kenfig website is also participating in the [ UK Web Archiving Consortium ] Pilot Project to determine the long-term feasibility of
archiving selected websites.
Additionally, since 2004 the Kenfig website has been listed as an e-Resource on
Wales on the Web Curriculum Cymreig Guide.
( Wales on the Web is a bilingual subject gateway to validated websites offering dependable information
relating to Wales and all aspects of Welsh life, it is maintained by The National Library of Wales)
[ Learn more
about Curriculum Cymreig ]
Situated at Kenfig Pool, Glamorgan's largest natural lake, Kenfig National Nature Reserve is on
land owned by Trustees of the Kenfig Corporation Property which is leased & managed by Bridgend County Borough Council.
A Site of Special Scientific Interest, Kenfig NNR is one of the finest wildlife habitats in Wales and
is home to a wide variety of rare and endangered species of plants and animals, including the Fen Orchid.
In association with the Management at Kenfig NNR, the Kenfig.org website is able to provide details of the
programme of events at the Reserve Centre throughout 2008 -
[ EVENTS 2008 at Kenfig NNR ]
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Place & Street Names around Kenfig |
Shipwrecks around Kenfig since 1583 |
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The Kenfig.org website is documenting the entire history of the Old Kenfig Borough / Old Bro Cynffig both from archived library sources and from materials donated to this project by members of the public and various local historical societies. This section gives an insight into the contents held within this website - the main sections are colour-coded to aid navigation of the site.
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War Years around Kenfig
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Sker House & The Maids of Sker
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Exclusive - Around the World by Bicycle - Heinz Stücke
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Recent webpages updated and / or created on the Kenfig.org website |
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Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
PSP is a rare, degenerative syndrome related to Parkinson's disease, it is the
condition that claimed the life of the famous actor / comedian, Dudley Moore and is widely
known as Dudley Moore's disease as a direct result.
The Kenfig.org website aims to raise an awareness to this condition as it also claimed the life of
our own dear dad in October 2002. Currently there is no cure for PSP.
PSP Europe AssociationKenfig - The Complete History has been granted kind permission to use the PSP-Europe
Association logo throughout this website as we are helping to raise an awareness to this medical condition.
PSP - Progressive Supranuclear PalsySandville Self Help CentreEstablished by Sister Gwyneth Poacher SRN MBE in 1985, the Sandville is funded entirely by
charitable donations and run largely by volunteers. It is dedicated to caring for the seriously
ill and improving their quality of life in a loving, relaxed and happy environment.
Kenfig.org Local Community Group supports the Sandville Self Help Centre and aims to
raise both an awareness and funds for this establishment.
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