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A Timeline of the History of Baglan
600 BC
Iron Age: arrival of Celts. Local evidence: Hill forts at Margam and Baglan, hut circles and remains of Celtic fields.
1188
Gerald of Wales visits Margam, Aberavon and Baglan with the Archbishop of Canterbury, who is recruiting soldiers for a crusade in the Holy Land. Both Aberavon and Margam continue to grow and Aberavon becomes a small market town.
Saint Baglan was a 6th-century hermit who lived at Baglan in Wales. He founded the church at Baglan and lived in a cell adjoining it.
1400
Ieuan Gethin, descendant of a younger branch of the Afan lords, lives at Plas Baglan.
1600
Baglan Hall constructed.
1648/1652
Oliver Cromwell arrived in Aberavon and the townsfolk hid a Royal Charter from him in a chopping block as he spent time walking the dunes.
1650
Coal is mined near Tyn y Twr Farm.
1657
Baptists held 3 monthly services at Baglan
1760 – 1765
Baglan House is constructed.
1812
Baglan Hall is rebuilt.
1834
Thomas Roscoe travelling from Margam to Baglan wrote “I hastened my steps as rapidly as possible through the dirty village of Aberavon, choosing not even to stop and examine the scant remains of its castle.”
1837
The name of Port Talbot was first adopted.
1838
Discovery of the foundations of buildings, spearhead, Roman coins, leather shoes and other artefacts in excavation for docks.
1844
Pant-y-Swan school opens on Old Road, Baglan.
1863
4 men were killed in an explosion at the Park Pit, Baglan
1873
Baglan Church School opens on Old Road, Baglan and replaces Pant-y-Swan school.
1875
Building of new Baglan Church (construction started).
1882
St Catherine’s Church constructed at Baglan by Robert Llewellyn (Construction completed).
1952
Baglan primary school opens. School floor plans designed so the school could be used as a hospital if needed.
1958
Baglan Hall demolished.
2003
Baglan Bay power station opened.
2004
Visit by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to open GE Energy power station at Baglan Bay.
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