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Rhoose in the Parish of Penmark

Business and Commerce Records

• Cambrian Airways Limited
  1959-79: statistical information
  [National Library of Wales, Department of Manuscripts and Records]

Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;

• Civil Aviation, Glamorgan records         1970-89     "The history of Cardiff Airport (Glamorgan) extends back to the early 1940s when land was requisitioned in the Vale of Glamorgan by the air ministry to set up a wartime satellite aerodrome and training base for RAF spitfire pilots. When the commercial potential of the runway was recognised in the early 1950s, control of the airport was transferred to Glamorgan County Council. With the first transatlantic flight in 1971....... .................The former mineral railway running from Cardiff through Barry to Bridgend now (2005) gives access to the airport"

Church Records

The church is dedicated to St. Peter, is in the Benefice of Penmark with Porthkerry, and the diocese of Llandaff. Details of the present incumbent of this benefice can be found at the Church in Wales website. The church can be located at grid reference SN063664.

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Rhoose in the Parish of Penmark

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