Newspaper extracts for Oxwich

There are many references to this area in the 15 million Welsh and English language articles from Welsh newspapers transcribed by the NLW and viewable on Welsh Newspapers Online
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• From The Cardiff Times 9th February 1884

EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AT OXWICH. MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS. In the small thatched building which answers the purpose of a day school for the picturesque parish of Oxwich, on Tuesday afternoon, there assembled the five gentlemen who form the school board for the united district of Oxwich, Penrice, and Port Eynon. This school board has been in existence more than nine years, but from all accounts it has been of very little service to the united district it represents. At Oxwich, for instance, it is said that it is long since the school was examined, and a still longer period has elapsed since any grant has been earned. In November last a new board was elected, and by the return of the Rev. D. A. Hay, a Wesleyan minister, new blood was infused into the board.  ......(part extract).....

• From  The Cambrian 14th March 1884

THE OXWICH SCHOOL BOARD TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN."

"SIR,—Mr. John Hopkins is at it again. He has now turned his attention to discussing matters in connection with this School Board, and if his statements on his recent" Church and State" controversy were so misleading as they are on this subject, I am not at all surprised that he should have received such an unmerciful castigation from the Rev. Mr. Manning. Mr. Hopkins is evidently easily made a tool of, and it is very amusing to find him apologising for the Rector of Oxwich in the way he does. I have no hesitation in saying that the Rector has been the chief, if not the sole cause, of the dissatisfaction felt by the inhabitants of the district, by his interference with the Oxwich School, &c. and I feel perfectly sure that had some one in the neighbourhood given Mr. Talbot a hint of such interference, he would have put a speedy end to it. It has, however, fallen to the lot of the Rev. Mr. Hay to expose the Rector's tactics and in his action he is supported by a large majority of the ratepayers, who highly respect him as a faithful minister of the Gospel, gentleman and scholar. Now, that the question has been brought before Mr. Talbot, there is no doubt he will soon settle matters in a way calculated to give general satisfaction.—

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, March 13, 1884. GOWER. "

• From The Cambrian 29th July 1904

King on Oxwich Sands. The King, after planting an oak sapling at Penrice Castle last Wednesday, drove on to Oxwich Sands in Miss Talbot's carriage, and paid a visit to the historical church at that place. He was accompanied by Miss Talbot, Mrs. Andrew Fletcher and Lord Stanley. The silver spade which was used by King Edward in planting an oak sapling at Penrice Castle—the seat of Miss Talbot- is now on view at Mr. William Williams, jeweller, Castle-street, Swansea.

• From The Cambrian 24th August 1883

THE OXWICH ROCKET APPARATUS. TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN."

"SIR There is a rumour in Gower to the effect that the Board of Trade intends moving the above apparatus from Oxwich to Horton, in the bight of Porteynon Bay. If the rumour is correct, those concerned in the matter cannot understand what they are doing unless they intend placing another apparatus the east side of Oxwich Bay and for this reason ;- There are two coastguards stationed at Rhosilly, and from their look-out they have a good view of the coast as far east as Porteynon Point; and if the Oxwich coastguard is moved further west to Horton, all the coast that he will be able to see from there will be just the Bay as far west as Porteynon Point and east to Oxwich Point, and all the east from Oxwich Point, half way to the Mumbles, will be left unguarded.   ......(part extract).....

I am, Sir, yours obediently, Gower, Aug. 15,1883. JHW"

• From The Cambria Daily Leader 9th February 1914

OXWICH MYSTERY. DIFFICULTY OF IDENTIFYING WELL- DRESSED WOMAN.  A tragic discovery was made on the beach at Oxwich shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday morning, when an assistant gamekeeper, named Alfred Jenkins, came across the body of a well-dressed woman, who had evidently been washed up and left by the tide.    ......(part extract).....

• From The Cambria Daily Leader 2nd November 1918

OXWICH ROAD QUESTION. A public, meeting of Oxwich people was held at the School, Oxwich, on Friday night, when the necessity for a better road between the village and the rest of the peninsula., particularly to connect them with Swansea market, was discuseed. A deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr. Pichard, the local member of the Gower Council (who ie also the estate agent) with regard to the matter. We understand that the position is that the existing parish road is steep, dangerous, and almost impossible for weighty traffic, but the tenantry are allowed, as an act of grace, to make use of the road through Penrice Park. From time to time, however, this road is closed    ......(part extract).....

•  From The Cambria Daily Leader 24th August 1917

PICNIC AT OXWICH. Swansea Bakers Entertain the Wounded. About 200 wounded soldiers from the local hospitals were entertained on Thursday at Oxwich, where they were taken in charabancs by the Swansea, Master Bakers' Association. Lunch was provided and presided over by Mr. Sidney Palmer. Sports and games, at which prizes were distributed—the nurses also taking part- followed. In all, a most enjoyable day was spent despite the inclement state of the weather, which on one occasion dispersed the group which had formed for the taking of a photograph     ......(part extract).....

• From The South Wales Daily Post (Extra special) 8th June 1897

STEAMSHIP COLLISION OFF OXWICH. DUE TO A HEAVY FOG. SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE JUNO. THE VESSEL ALMOST LOST. INTERVIEW WITH THE CAPTAIN Considerable excitement prevailed in Swansea shipping circles on Saturday evening owing to the published intelligence that two steamers, the Atlantic and the Juno, had collided during a heavy fog off Oxwich early that morning. As sas previously been stated,. the Juno had to be beached at Oxwich, but, was fortunately got off later in the day   ......(part extract).....