| Baglan | |
|---|---|
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  Baglan Location within Neath Port Talbot | |
| Population | 6,819 |
| OS grid reference | SS746924 |
| Principal area | |
| Preserved county | |
| Country | Wales |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PORT TALBOT |
| Postcode district | SA12 |
| Dialling code | 01639 |
| Police | South Wales |
| Fire | Mid and West Wales |
| Ambulance | Welsh |
| UK Parliament | |
| Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament | |
Baglan is a village in Wales, adjoining Port Talbot, named after Saint Baglan.[1] It is also a community and ward in the Neath Port Talbot county borough. In 2001, the population was 6,654.[2] rising to 6,819 in 2011.[3]
Baglan is on the side of a steep hill and surrounded by two hills, Mynydd-y-Gaer to the north and Mynydd Dinas to the east. The moors and Baglan Bay are to the southwest. The village contains a number of historical buildings such as Baglan House, St. Catharine's Church, and St. Baglan's Church. The first St. Baglan's Church is now a shell after a fire in 1954. St. Catharine's Church was designed by Welsh architect John Prichard, an exponent of the neo-Gothic style and dedicated in 1882. Baglan House was one of the seats of the Villiers family, earls of Jersey.[4]
Baglan railway station is on the South Wales Main Line with trains to Cardiff and Swansea.
- ^ The Oxford Names Companion (2002), Oxford University Press, p925. ISBN 0-19-860561-7
- ^ Lead Key Figures
- ^ "Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopedia of Wales. Cardiff: University of Wales Press 2008