Banwen
Sign in to saveBanwen is a small village in Neath Port Talbot county borough (NPT) in Wales. Banwen is part of the community of Onllwyn along with the village of Onllwyn itself and the adjacent parish of Dyffryn Cellwen. Banwen is in the Upper Dulais Valley, with views over the southern slopes of the Brecon Beacons (). Banwen consists of a single street named Roman Road.
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- Locality
- Banwen
- Region
- Cymru / Wales
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- Banwen
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Neath Port Talbot
- Official website
- www.cwmdulais.org.uk
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- OS grid reference
- SN855095
- Commons category
- Banwen
- historic county
- Glamorgan
- P8168
- Zhenhai District
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Toponymy
- History
- Roman period
- Saint Patrick
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Banwen is a small village in Neath Port Talbot county borough (NPT) in Wales. Banwen is part of the community of Onllwyn along with the village of Onllwyn itself and the adjacent parish of Dyffryn Cellwen. Banwen is in the Upper Dulais Valley, with views over the southern slopes of the Brecon Beacons (). Banwen consists of a single street named Roman Road.
== Toponymy == The name Banwen derives from Ban (meaning "height" or "summit") and Wen (meaning "blessed" or "white"). The name occurs frequently throughout the area, (as the name of a class of fields in Brynlloi, an open common Brynamman and a farm Cwmgrenig) suggesting an ancient continuity.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banwen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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