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Margam Park is a beautiful country estate near Port Talbot in South Wales. Its lands include the remains of an Abbey, large Country House and a small chapel on top of a hill which overlooks it all. You will also find a beautiful 18th-century Orangery, a museum, adventurous activities in the forest and lakes, a small zoo, stunning walks and herds of deer on the grounds. The park offers a wonderful day out with with majestic scenery, incredible buildings and various events in the summer.
Filmed: September 2020
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---- Short History ----
- Margam Abbey -
- Built in 1147 FitzRoy, 1st Earl of Gloucester and dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
- It’s suggested by nearby crosses that there was an earlier Celtic monastic community there before.
- William of Clairvaux was the founding abbot.
- The unusually large, 12 sided chapter house dates to the 13th century.
- It was dissolved by King Henry VIII of England and sold to Sir Rice Mansel in 1536.
- But eventually it passed to the Talbot family through the female line.
- The surviving nave still runs as parish church to this day.
- Chapel of St. Mary on the hill -
- Known as Cryke Chaple, Hen Egwlys, Capel Mair and Capel Mair ar y Bryn over the years.
- It was built in around 1490 for local peasants who couldn’t worship in the Abbey.
- Margam Castle -
- Built between 1830 to r as a Victorian Country House.
- The site has been occupied for 4,000 years.
- It was designed in a Tudor Gothic style by the architect Thomas Hopper.
- It took on various elements from the Talbot ancestral home, Lacock Abbey and Melbury House.
- William Henry Fox Talbot, one of the pioneers of photography featured the castle in his early photographic experiments.
- Margam Castle also features as the earliest known Welsh photograph taken in 1841.
- It stayed in the Talbot family until 1941 when it was sold to David Evans-Bevan.
- He found it too large to live in but couldn’t sell it on. It eventually fell into despair and held by Glamorgan County Council in 1973.
- In 1977 a fire caused a lot of damage leading to its restoration.
- It is now in the care of Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council as a Grade I listed building.
- Aside from its many supernatural/haunting attractions and features in various such shows it is a magnificent building, situated within the stunning Margam Park area.
- Margam Park -
- The park covers around 850 acres.
- The first mention of a garden was in 1661 and in 1727 the estates gardener drew up a catalogue of its many plants.
- The Orangery was completed in 1793.
- It was opened to the public in 1977 and in 1985 a sculpture park was established but has since closed.
- On the estate are peacocks and a deer population that has existed since the Norman times. Rescued birds of pray and the rare Glamorgan cattle can also be found.
- You can travel the ground on the Margam Park railway in the summer.
- Fairs selling goods, car rallies and various other events are held on the estate during the summer.
- In 2013 it came first in a list of 1448 of the nations favourite Green Flag Awards.
- There is also an Early warning radar which was used during WWII.
---- Further Reading ----
- www.margamcountrypark.co.uk
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margam_...
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25 сен 2020
