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Whitesands Bay (Pembrokeshire)

Whitesands Bay (Welsh: Porth Mawr) is a Blue Flag beach situated on the St David's peninsula in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales. Whitesand Bay, on some maps, located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of St. Davids and 1 mile (1.6 km) south of St Davids Head, has been described as the best surfing beach in Pembrokeshire. Description The area northeast of the wide, sandy bay is dominated by Carn Llidi, a rocky outcrop, 594 feet (181 m) at its highest point. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path provides access on foot in the north to the secluded bays of Porthlleuog and Porthmelgan. To the south, the coastal path leads to Porthselau and St. Justinian's, with views of Ramsey Island. A number of megalithic burial chambers, stone hut circles and Iron Age field systems and enclosures are in the vicinity of Carn Llidi and St Davids Head. There is a tradition that St. Patrick set sail from this beach in 432 AD to convert Ireland to Christianity. The site of a Celtic chapel, dedicated to St Patrick, is located under a mound by the car park just to the east of the bay, at what is thought to have been the disembarkation point for pilgrims to St Davids Cathedral. St David may have been educated at Ty Gwyn, the white farmhouse that overlooks the beach, by St Paulinus, and St Non, David's mother, may have lived here when it was a monastery. The burial ground was in use from the 8th to 11th centuries, and remains have been removed by Dyfed Archaeological Trust to the National Museum of Wales to preserve them from coastal erosion. At very low tide and after heavy storms the remains of an ancient, submerged forest can be seen on the beach, consisting of stumps of birch, fir, hazel and oak trees. The remains of animals have also been found in these deposits, including parts of an aurochs, a red deer antler and a brown bear jaw. Facilities Car parks Wheelchair access to beach Beach shop and cafe Lifeguard service (summer months) Emergency equipment Telephone Golf course (9 hole links) Youth hostel Surf rental Camp site (Easter to end October) Toilets References External links "St Patrick's Chapel Excavation 30 minute video". YouTube. Dyfed Archaeological Trust. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Whitesands Bay
Wigfair Hall

Wigfair Hall is a large country house standing in an elevated position above the River Elwy near the village of Cefn Meiriadog, Denbighshire, Wales. It is a Grade II* listed building. In 2017 Wigfair Hall was renovated and is now primarily used as a special event and wedding venue. History Wigfair was built on the site of an older house between 1882 and 1884 for Rev R. H. Howard. It was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. Its large tower was originally a water tower for the house and was used to generate electricity. The equipment for this purpose, including the tanks, pipework and generator, although no longer in use, is still present. Architecture Exterior The house is in Jacobethan style, constructed in red Ruabon brick on a limestone plinth with sandstone dressings, and a Ruabon tile roof. It has an L-shape with a main north wing and a west service wing. The tower, with its pyramidal roof, rises from the west wing. Projecting from the angle between the wings is the canted staircase window. The main entrance is at the right side of the end of the gabled north wing, under an oriel window. Interior This includes "some good Douglas woodwork", it is "largely unaltered and retains high-quality original fittings in polished oak". These fittings include an inner entrance screen, panelling, doors and architraves, fireplaces, a fitted sideboard, and a balustraded gallery. The plaster ceilings are decorated with moulding and compartments, and in the stairhall is a limestone fireplace. See also List of houses and associated buildings by John Douglas References Further reading Hubbard, Edward (1991). The Work of John Douglas. London: The Victorian Society. p. 148. ISBN 0-901657-16-6. Official Wigfair Hall, Wedding Venue in North Wales website 2017-Present Wigfair Hall Picture Gallery
Willows High School

Willows High School (Welsh: Ysgol Uwchradd Willows) is a secondary school located in the Tremorfa area of Cardiff, Wales. It caters for pupils aged 11 to 16 and is English-medium. As of September 2015, the headteacher is Chris Norman. He succeeded Joy Ballard, under whom the proportion of pupils attaining five A*-C grades rose from 14% to 50%. In recent years, Willows has been oversubscribed for pupils. History The school site is extensive and dates from the late 1960s, and was built on the site of the World War II airfield RAF Pengam Moors. The school is named after the air balloon pioneer Ernest Willows who had his airfield on the site. Many of the buildings have since been modernised. There are plans to continue this modernisation in the future, including with a PFI agreement as part of plans by Cardiff Council. A completely new building is planned, which could be located in nearby Tremorfa Park. The site proposed originally included St. Alban's Primary School, which was slated to close. However, in 2019 the closure was successfully petitioned, and stopped in 2020. The school featured in the 2015 Channel 4 documentary series Educating Cardiff. This detailed every aspect of school life, and also highlighted many of the improvements the school has made in recent years. Starting in 2015, Willows participated in the South Wales Challenge (SWC) Initiative, sharing best-practice in education with Tonyrefail School, Rhondda Cynon Taf. This aimed to help the school to improve academic standards further. Estyn Inspections In 2012, Estyn rated the school as "unsatisfactory", reporting that it needed "significant improvement". The inspectors reported that, although pupils often had unsatisfactory English grammar and literacy skills, leadership was "adequate" and there were real prospects of improvement. The school substantially improved after this, and by 2014 no longer requires significant improvement. However, the more recent 2018 has found there are still many aspects of school life that could be improved, particularly in the methods of teaching and leadership. Despite this, the school had improved enough that in 2019 it was removed from monitoring by Estyn. There were 586 pupils at the school during the 2018 Estyn inspection, a significant drop since the 2012 inspection. The proportion of pupils receiving free school meals is 44%, which is much higher than the national average of 17.4%. Almost two-thirds of the pupils live in the 20% most deprived areas in Wales. Around 8% of pupils have English as an additional language. Twenty-nine per cent of the pupils come from minority ethnic backgrounds. Former students Notable former students include Jessica Leigh Jones. References External links 2006 Estyn Inspection Report 2012 Estyn Inspection Report 2014 Estyn Monitoring Report 2018 Estyn Inspection Report
Wiston Castle

Wiston Castle (walisisk: Castell Cas-wis) er en motte and bailey-fæstning i landsbyen Wiston, Pembrokeshire i det sydvestlige Wales. Det er et af de bedste eksempler på denne type fæstning i Wales. Både borgen og landsbyen blev grundlagt af den flamske bosætter Wizo, der fik tildelt landet fra Henrik 1. af England, efter han havde fravistet det far den tidligere ejer, Arnulf de Montgomery ovenpå dennes oprør mo Hnerik. Borgen blev erobret af waliserne ved flere lejligheder, men den blev hver gang generobret af englænderne. Den blev forladt i 1200-tallet, da ejeren flyttede til den næliggende Picton Castle. Borgen ligger overfor St Mary Magdalene Church og borgbanken er ganske stejl. Den bliver drevet af Cadw, og det er en listed building af første grad. Se også Borge og slotte i Storbritannien og Irland Borge og slotte i Wales Referencer Eksterne henvisninger
Wiston Castle

Wiston Castle (walisisch Castell Cas-wis) ist eine Burgruine in Pembrokeshire in Wales. Die als Kulturdenkmal der Kategorie Grade I klassifizierte und als Scheduled Monument geschützte Ruine gilt als eine der am besten erhaltenen Burgen vom Typ einer Motte in Wales. Geschichte Zur Absicherung der anglonormannischen Herrschaft holte der englische König Heinrich I. flämische Kolonisten nach Südwales. Eine Gruppe dieser Siedler unter Führung eines Wizo (walisisch Gwys) errichtete um 1120 die Siedlung und Kirche Wiston zur Sicherung der Nordgrenze von Pembrokeshire. Die Siedlung befand sich vermutlich ursprünglich innerhalb der Vorburg der Motte, die Wizo errichten ließ. Wizo gründete später in Lanarkshire in Schottland eine weitere flämische Kolonie. 1147 wird die Burg von den Walisern unter Führung von Hywel ab Owain, Maredudd und Cadell ap Gruffydd erobert. Wizos Sohn Walter FitzWiz kann die Burg jedoch rasch zurückerobern. Ein weiteres Mal wird die Burg 1193 von Hywel Sais, einem Sohn von Lord Rhys erobert, wobei der Burgherr Philip FitzWiz und seine Familie gefangen genommen werden. Die Flamen können die Burg jedoch schon 1195 zurückerobern. Burg und Siedlung fallen an John Wogan. 1220 erobert der Fürst von Gwynedd, Llywelyn ap Iorwerth die Burg und brennt sie und die Siedlung nieder. William Marshal erneuert die Burg, aus dieser Zeit stammt vermutlich der steinerne Keep auf dem Gipfel der Motte. Die Burg wird jedoch nicht weiter ausgebaut, und die Siedlung wird außerhalb der Vorburg neu errichtet. Der Sitz der Baronie wird schließlich im 13. Jahrhundert in das nahe gelegene Picton Castle verlegt. Wiston Castle wird noch bis ins 14. Jahrhundert bewohnt, dann jedoch verlassen. Im 16. Jahrhundert errichtet eine Nebenlinie der Familie Wogan ein kleines Herrenhaus östlich der Burg. Im 18. Jahrhundert wird die Ruine als Teil des Parks des Herrenhauses gestaltet. Heute wird die Ruine von Cadw verwaltet und ist ganzjährig frei zugänglich. Anlage Die Ruine liegt am nordöstlichen Rand des Dorfes Wiston bei Haverfordwest. Sie besteht aus einem mächtigen Burghügel und der südlich davon gelegenen ovalen Vorburg. Der Gipfel der etwa 9 m hohen Motte hat etwa 18 m Durchmesser und wird von der Ruine eines runden Shell Keep gekrönt, der zu Beginn des 13. Jahrhunderts oder vermutlich nach 1220 errichtet wurde. Der einfache Eingang zum Keep befindet sich an der Südseite. Die Vorburg wurde vermutlich auf den Resten eines eisenzeitlichen Ringwalls errichtet und misst etwa 130 mal 90 m. Sie ist noch von einem gut erhaltenen Wall umgeben, der von Kastanien aus dem 18. Jahrhundert umgeben ist. Von den vermutlich hölzernen Gebäuden und Befestigungen der Vorburg sind keine Reste erhalten. Weblinks Cadw: Internetpräsenz von Wiston Castle Castles of Wales: Wiston Castle Einzelnachweise
Wiston Castle

Wiston Castle är ett slott i Storbritannien. Det ligger i kommunen Pembrokeshire och riksdelen Wales, i den södra delen av landet, 300 km väster om huvudstaden London. Wiston Castle ligger 115 meter över havet. Terrängen runt Wiston Castle är huvudsakligen platt. Wiston Castle ligger uppe på en höjd. Närmaste större samhälle är Haverfordwest, 7,3 km väster om Wiston Castle. Trakten runt Wiston Castle består i huvudsak av gräsmarker. Kommentarer Källor
Withybush General Hospital

Withybush General Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Cyffredinol Llwynhelyg) is a district general hospital in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is managed by Hywel Dda University Health Board. History The hospital started life in 1942 as a wartime hospital for wounded soldiers. It was rebuilt between 1973 and 1978 and officially re-opened on 15 June 1979. A new Emergency and Urgent Care centre was opened in 2010. There were concerns about the hospital's long term prospects, leading to protests in 2010. In August 2014, a change was made to maternity care at Withybush which saw consultant-led services close and be replaced with a Midwifery Led Unit that could cater for straightforward births only. Care for complex births requiring consultants and all special care services is instead only provided from Glangwili Hospital. In September 2014 a new renal dialysis unit run by Fresenius Medical Care Renal Services Ltd was opened at the hospital, with a contract to run for at least 7 years. As part of the reorganisation of acute services in Wales a 24/7 inpatient paediatric service was to be provided at West Wales General Hospital from October 2014. Withybush was to have a new 12-hour paediatric ambulatory care unit. In April 2018 plans were announced to downgrade Withybush to a community hospital, with plans for a new hospital to be built near the Pembrokeshire-Carmarthenshire border. A demonstration through Haverfordwest and other protests were held against the downgrading and loss of Accident and Emergency facilities. Services Services offered or in development include inpatient facilities for palliative care, oncology and haematology patients. References External links Official website
Wonastow Court

Wonastow Court, in Wonastow, Monmouthshire, Wales, is a 19th-century country house with earlier origins and later additions. The court is a Grade II listed building, and its gardens are listed, also at Grade II, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. History The origins of the court are a 16th-century manor house, subsequently reduced and rebuilt. The existing central block was built for Thomas Swinnerton in 1803. Newman describes the court as "classical in style, of three storeys and five bays with (a) Doric porch. To the right of the central block is a gatehouse in a "Tudor style" of the later 19th century, whilst to the left is the original 17th-century house of the Milbournes. At one time the mansion had its own chapel but that had been converted into offices by the 20th century. The court is a Grade II listed building as of 5 January 1952. Its gardens are listed, also at Grade II, on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. It was owned by Sir Lionel Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington bt. in 1901 although the person living there was Sir John Henry Seale, who was a baronet, Deputy Lieutenant and a Justice of the Peace. Notes References Newman, John (2000). Gwent/Monmouthshire. The Buildings of Wales. Penguin. ISBN 0140710531.
Wrexham Maelor Hospital

The Wrexham Maelor Hospital (Welsh: Ysbyty Maelor Wrecsam) is a district general hospital for the north east region of Wales. It is managed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. History The hospital has its origins in the Wrexham Union Workhouse which was completed in 1838. In the late 19th century a large new infirmary was built to the west of the workhouse building and a fever hospital was created to the west of the infirmary. A home for the elderly and infirm, intended to replace the workhouse, was opened on the site by David Lloyd George MP as "Plas Maelor" in 1934. (Maelor was a cantref of the Kingdom of Powys). The facility served as an emergency military hospital during the Second World War and then joined the National Health Service as Maelor General Hospital in 1948. The hospital was rebuilt using a nucleus layout and re-opened by the Duchess of Kent as the Wrexham Maelor Hospital in 1986. In 1994 Maelor Hospital was widely criticised for sending a stillborn baby's body to Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in a cardboard box. The body should have undertaken the 200-mile journey by ambulance or funeral director but was instead given to a private courier firm to save costs. The body was carried in a plastic bag inside a plastic container, packed in a cardboard box, and was delivered along with medical supplies to UHW's stores. It was only discovered when the bottom of the cardboard box gave way and the plastic box fell out. Rhodri Morgan, then the MP for Cardiff West, said: "This is the most disgraceful incident in the health service in Wales during my seven years as an MP." John Marek, then the MP for Wrexham, wrote to Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley "urging her to issue instructions to ensure a similar incident did not occur again." Services The hospital has 981 beds. It forms part of the North Wales trauma network, working in conjunction with the major trauma centres at the Royal Stoke University Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent for adult patients and Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool for paediatric patients. References External links Official website Healthcare Inspectorate Wales inspection reports
Wrexham RFC

Wrexham Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Wrecsam) is a Welsh rugby union team based in Wrexham, Wales. Wrexham RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union. Wrexham was one of the nine founder clubs of the North Wales Rugby Union, which formed at Wrexham in 1931. History Wrexham RFC was founded in 1925. In 1931, at a meeting held by Wrexham, the North Wales Rugby Union was founded in January 1931 with nine clubs and affiliation to the Welsh Rugby Union coming in June of the same year. Originally Wrexham had no home ground and played as a nomadic club. This continued until 1946 when they obtained their own ground at Dean Road. In 1976 they moved to their current home ground on Bryn Estyn Lane in 1976 with floodlights being installed a year later. In 1995, the New Zealand national team player Jonah Lomu made a guest appearance for Wrexham RFC against a North Wales XV in an exhibition match. This was done as a favour to the Wrexham coach Phil Kingsley Jones, who had discovered Lomu as a 14 year old. This was five months after Lomu had appeared for the All Blacks in the 1995 Rugby World Cup final against South Africa and after rugby union had just permitted professionalism. Following the introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales, Wrexham's coach led criticism of the fact that there was no professional regional team permanently based in North Wales. In 2013, Wrexham won the WRU Division Three North title. Until 2002, Wrexham RFC had run a ladies rugby team. The ladies side of the club was resurrected in 2019. References
Wynnstay

Wynnstay is a country house within an important landscaped park 1.3 km (0.75 miles) south-east of Ruabon, near Wrexham, Wales. Wynnstay, previously Watstay, is a famous estate and the family seat of the Williams-Wynn baronets. The house was sold in 1948 and is under private ownership as of 2000. History During the 17th century, Sir John Wynn, 5th Baronet, inherited the Watstay Estate through his marriage to Jane Evans (daughter of Eyton Evans of Watstay), and renamed it the Wynnstay Estate. The gardens were laid out by Capability Brown. Wynnstay was Brown's largest commission in Wales, work beginning in 1774 and completed in 1784, a year after his death. He replaced the older formal gardens with lawns which swept right up to the house overlooking the lake. Famous occupants of the house and estate included Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet. During the 19th century, Princess Victoria stayed there with her mother, the Duchess of Kent. In 1858, Wynnstay was destroyed by fire and was rebuilt on the same site, with Benjamin Ferrey as architect. After the house was vacated by the Williams-Wynn family in the mid-20th century, in favour of the nearby Plas Belan on the Wynnstay estate, it was bought by Lindisfarne College. When the school closed due to bankruptcy, the building was converted to flats and several private houses. Historic listing designations Wynnstay is a Grade II* listed building. The gardens underwent a process of refurbishment which was completed by 2016 and are listed at Grade I on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. Other structures listed at Grade II* include the Cascade, the Wynnstay Column commemorating Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 4th Baronet, the dairy, and the kennels. Structures listed at Grade II include a range of garden features: a plunge pool, a boathouse, an ice house, a sluice, an ha-ha a tunnel from the kitchen garden, and the walls of an earlier kitchen garden. There are also a number of ancillary buildings designed to support the estate including: the estate office and cottage, the stables, the chapel, a game larder, and school room and attached master's house. Lastly, five lodges stand at the entrances to the estate: the West and East Broth Lodges, the Bakers Lodge, the School Lodge, and the Park Lodge. See also Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Ruabon Wynnstay Arms Hotel, Wrexham References External links Transcript of information from Picturesque Views of Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland edited by F. O. Morris (published c.1880) [1] 1860 – Wynnstay Hall, Ruabon, Wales
Y Gaer

Y Gaer (Latin: Cicucium) is a Roman fort situated near modern-day Brecon in Mid Wales, United Kingdom. Y Gaer is located at grid reference SO00332966 (Landranger 160). History Y Gaer was built around AD 75 and sits on a crossroads of Roman roads in the valley of the River Usk at a strategic point in Roman Wales, linking South Wales and Mid Wales. It was part of a chain of similar forts, such as Gobannium at Abergavenny, a day's march away down the Usk valley, and larger bases, such as Moridunum (Carmarthen) via Alabum (Llandovery), Cardiff Roman Fort to the south and Isca Augusta, Caerleon, the main base for the Roman legion locally. According to some sources a lot of the stones from the fort were taken to create a castle at Brecon (Brecon Castle) around the year 1093. The site was excavated in the 1920s by Sir Mortimer Wheeler, a prominent archaeologist of his day. The fort was built for a contingent of up to 500 cavalrymen, recruited originally in Spain from the Vettones, and these Vettonian cavalry would have played a significant part in the conquest of the area held by the Silures. Their early stables were wooden and their accommodation basic, protected by clay banks topped with a wooden palisade. This was rebuilt in the 2nd century AD by the Legio II Augusta and also shows signs of being repaired again in the 4th century. Y Gaer today The site is in the care of Cadw. It lies on private farmland and Cadw provides no signposting to the site, which lies on the further side of the farm buildings at the end of the approach lane. Visitors can see remnants of stone walls standing in parts to some 3 metres (9.8 ft) in height, part of three gatehouses and corner guard towers. Several artefacts have been removed to local museums, such as a tombstone of a young cavalryman called Candidus, held at the Y Gaer cultural hub in Brecon. See also List of Cadw properties References External links Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust information on Y Gaer Roman Britain: Y Gaer, Brecon (Cicucium)
Y Gaer

Y Gaer (ang. Brecon Gaer, łac. Bannium Cicucium) – pozostałości rzymskiego fortu, znajdujące się w środkowej Walii, około 2 km na zachód od miasta Brecon. Opiekę nad zabytkiem sprawuje Cadw. Fort wybudowano około 75 roku n.e. u zbiegu rzek Usk i Ysgir. Tereny te opanowane były wówczas przez celtyckie plemię Sylurów. Lokacja fortu była związana ze skrzyżowaniem dróg łączących forty Isca i Gobannium na wschodzie z Alabum, Coelbren i Moridunum na zachodzie. Początkowo fort był prostą konstrukcją z ziemnym wałem oraz drewnianą palisadą. Stacjonowała w niej jednostka pomocnicza kawalerii złożona z Wettonów z Półwyspu Iberyjskiego. W drugiej połowie II wieku przebudowano go w fort kamienny. Wykonawcami przebudowy byli żołnierze II Legionu "Augusta". Kolejne renowacje miały miejsce w IV wieku. W pobliżu fortu podczas prac wykopaliskowych znaleziono wiele nagrobków, m.in. młodego kawalerzysty Candidusa. Znajduje się on obecnie w Brecknock Museum w Brecon. Do naszych czasów zachowały się fragmenty murów obronnych wraz z fundamentami narożnych wież oraz widocznymi miejscami na bramę. Ruiny znajdują się na prywatnym gruncie i dojazd do nich jest nieoznakowany. Przypisy