Llanrumney
Llanrumney
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Location within Cardiff | |
Population | 11,060 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST220810 |
Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CARDIFF |
Postcode district | CF3 |
Dialling code | 029 |
Police | South Wales |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
Cardiff South & Penarth | |
Llanrumney (
.Llanrumney was in Monmouthshire until it was incorporated into Cardiff in 1938.[citation needed]
History
The land where modern Llanrumney stands was left to
After
The origins of the name Llanrumney are found in the Welsh word glan ('bank, shore') and the Anglicised version of Rhymni, the name of the local river. The substitution of glan for llan ('church') is explained by the fact that in Welsh, 'lan' is the lenited form of both glan and llan. Thus phrases such as 'i Lanrhymni' and 'o Lanrhymni' (that include the common prepositions i 'to' and o 'from') could be understood as referring to a place called either Glanrhymni or Llanrhymni.[5]
The district is predominantly composed of large-scale council estates and is bounded by the wards of
The area has a number of shopping precincts, the largest of which is on Countisbury Avenue. Llanrumney Hall, a pub that is reputedly haunted, is one of several local places associated with the pirate
Politics
Llanrumney is in the
Llanrumney is both an
Transport
Cardiff Bus services 49/50 serve the area, with buses running frequently to and from the city centre. Routes 65 and 65A link Llanrumney, along with a number of other local suburbs, to the Heath Hospital. The area is currently accessible only via various junctions along Newport Road, which also connects the suburb to the city centre to the south west and St Mellons, the A48(M) and Newport to the north east.
In February 2008,
In December 2019, as part of the council's East Cardiff Industrial Strategy, a plan was announced to ease congestion in east Cardiff by constructing a road and a bridge to link Llanrumney with the Pentwyn Park & Ride site.[7]
Education
Llanumney has six primary schools: Bryn Hafod, Pen-y-Bryn, Glan-yr-Afon, St Cadoc's, St Mellon's and Bro Eirwg, and one secondary school. Llanrumney High School closed in 2013 as part of the Council's plans to reorganise secondary education in the city.
High School closure
On 20 March 2009 Cardiff Council published a legal statutory notice announcing their intention to close Llanrumney High School by 2012 as part of
The plans led to the formation by residents from the communities of Llanrumney, Rumney, St Mellons and Trowbridge, Cardiff of the Rumney Recreation and Eastern Leisure Centre Action Group (RREEL), seeking to preserve the Rumney Recreation Ground from the proposed development.[9]
A public meeting was held at the Royal British Legion in Llanrumney on 3 February 2009. Cardiff Council Leader Rodney Berman and Deputy Council Leader, Neil McEvoy, and other senior council figures sought to explain the rationale behind the plans.[10]
Also in February the Cardiff Conference of Secondary Heads sent expressing their support for the council's plans.[11] The three Llanrumney Labour Councillors Morgan, Parry and Joyce called on the people of Llanrumney to vote no.[12]
Residents of Llanrumney and Rumney voted in a community poll held on 17 February 2009. The question they were asked to vote on at the ballot box was "Do you agree with Cardiff City and County Council that the new school should be built on the Rumney Recreation Ground/Eastern Leisure Centre Site?" - 93% voted against the proposed development on a turnout of 27.6%.[13][14] In Llanrumney 2,082 people voted no, 170 people voted yes and there were 18 spoilt ballots. The turnout in Llanrumney was 28.7%.
Council Leader Rodney Berman announced in response that the council's development plans would proceed and that the community poll result was noted but would not be acted upon.[15] Cardiff Council presented these objections and their proposals to the Welsh Assembly Government on 20 June 2009.[16][17] Cardiff Council's report noted that 1,257 letters of objection to the proposal were received.
Gallery
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Eastern Leisure Centre
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Llanrumney Library
References
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ a b Bodinger, Katie (15 September 2006). "A journey through city's suburban past". South Wales Echo.
- ^ Williams, Tryst (8 August 2005). "Last true Welsh prince buried under pub?". Western Mail. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ^ "Rumney Llanrumney, suburbs of Cardiff". Houses for Rent. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
- ^ Gwynedd O. Pierce, 'Under the Eaves: Some Place Names in the Rhymni Valley Area', Morgannwg, 36 (1992), 98.
- ^ "Cardiff Park & Ride gets Green Light". Cardiff County Council. Retrieved 11 March 2008.
- ^ "Plan to ease congestion in East Cardiff announced". www.cardiffnewsroom.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7955231.stm BBC Wales News Online "School shake-up notice published" 20/03/2010
- ^ "Save Rumney Recreation Ground & Eastern Leisure Centre - Blog". Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2010. RREEL Action Group website
- ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/04/tough-for-berman-at-public-meeting-91466-22849543/ South Wales Echo "Tough for Berman at public meeting" 04/02/2010
- ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/02/16/heads-in-favour-of-school-proposal-91466-22934230/ South Wales Echo "Heads in favour of school proposal 16/02/2009"
- ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/02/16/councillors-appeal-over-school-plans-91466-22934232/ South Wales Echo "Councillors' appeal over school plans" 16/02/2009
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/7896283.stm BBC Wales News Online "Referendum 'no' to school plans 18/02/2009
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/south-wales-echo-cardiff/mi_7993/is_2009_Feb_18/power-urges-council-landslide-campaign/ai_n38081119/ South Wales Echo "People power urges council to think again; Landslide for 'no' in the Llanrumney referendum" 18/02/2009
- ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/02/20/berman-running-a-dictatorship-91466-22967646/ South Wales Echo "Berman running 'a dictatorship'" 20/02/2009
- ^ http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2869,3047,5087,5945&parent_directory_id=2865&id=8899&Language= Cardiff Council's response to objections received to Llanrumney/Rumney Statutory Notice (20/03?09 – 20/05/09)
- ^ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-news/2009/08/19/city-council-responds-to-objections-raised-over-new-school-plan-91466-24474726/ South Wales Echo "City council responds to objections raised over new school plan" 19/08/2009