Magor, Monmouthshire
Magor
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War memorial in the centre of Magor Square | |
Location within Monmouthshire | |
Population | 6,140 (2011)[1] |
OS grid reference | ST425871 |
Community |
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Principal area | |
Preserved county | |
Country | Wales |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CALDICOT |
Postcode district | NP26 |
Dialling code | 01633 |
Police | Gwent |
Fire | South Wales |
Ambulance | Welsh |
UK Parliament | |
Magor (English: /ˈmeɪɡər/; Welsh: Magwyr) is a large village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales, about 9 miles (14 km) west of Chepstow and about 9 miles (14 km) east of Newport. It lies on the Caldicot Levels beside the Severn Estuary, and is in the community of Magor with Undy. Magor lies close to the M4 motorway.[2]
History
The original
In 1994 the remains of a 13th-century boat, used for trading along and across the Severn Estuary, and perhaps with Ireland, were found buried in the mud of the estuary close to Magor Pill. The boat was found to have been carrying iron ore from Glamorgan.[4][5]
Magor, as "Magur", is one of the few villages to appear on the Cambriae Typus map of 1573.[6]
St Mary's Church
St Marys is a Grade I listed building and is part of the Netherwent Ministry Area.[7]
According to tradition, the
Remains of
The church is the burial place of Welsh composer Mansel Thomas (1909–1986).[10]
Amenities
Magor has a thriving village centre containing shops,
Magor and the neighbouring village of
Nearby the village, at Junction 23A of the M4 motorway is Magor services motorway service area, which opened in 1996.[15]
Development
In 2007 a M4 relief road was proposed for Newport which was to be built to the west of the village utilising the existing motorway junction.[16] These plans were dropped in 2009.[17] As of October 2013, a revised draft plan is under consultation.
Magor station
The South Wales Railway between Swansea and Chepstow (later Gloucester) passed through Magor and a station was opened here in the 1850s, shortly after the line opened.[20] The station provided three sidings serving local farmers.[21]
By the 1920s, traffic on the line was so heavy that refuge sidings were provided on both lines. In 1941 the main line was doubled to four running lines, with the outer two lines as slow goods-only lines to serve the increasing wartime coal traffic, without delaying fast trains on the central main lines.[21]
The station closed, along with
Notable people
References
- ^ "Magor and Undy community 2011". Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ Ruth Sharville. "M 4 Motorway near Magor (C) Ruth Sharville :: Geograph Britain and Ireland". geograph.org.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ Name "Magor" at Gwent County History Association Archived 14 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "S4C - Hanes Cymru a'r Môr". s4c.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ISBN 1-872414-86-9.
- ^ A reproduction of the map is at File:Atlas_Ortelius_KB_PPN369376781-011av-011br.jpg
- ^ "Langstone Church". Netherwent Ministry Area. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ a b Sir Joseph Bradney, A History of Monmouthshire, vol.4 part 2, 1932
- ^ ISBN 0-14-071053-1
- ^ Gilmore-James, Terence (26 April 2012). "Thomas, Mansel Treharne (1909-1986), Composer, Conductor, BBC Wales Head of Music". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Ebenezer Baptist Church Archived 26 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A guide to the nature reserves of the Gwent Wildlife Trust, leaflet, 2009
- ^ "Magor Marshes - a summary of ecological information". severnsideforum.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ BBC: Magor Marsh
- ^ "Magor". motorwayservicesonline.co.uk. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2006.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UK - Wales - M4 and airport road plans dropped". BBC. 15 July 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ Monmouthshire County Council Purchases New Office at Wales 1 Business Park, Magor , 8 May 2010 Archived 24 December 2012 at archive.today. Accessed 27 March 2012
- ^ Monmouthshire County Council, Monmouthshire Council comes home, 26 October 2011. Accessed 27 March 2012
- ISBN 1-874103-76-3.
- ^ a b c Hodge, South Wales Main Line & 2, p. 35