The Briton Ferry Brunel Dock Trust was established in 2005 and is a charitable incorporated … History BRITON-FERRY, a parish, in the union and hundred of Neath, county of Glamorgan, South Wales, 2 miles (S. W. by S.) from Neath. Briton Ferry Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Briton Ferry, South Wales. Map of Briton Ferry in 1900-1901. Our reserve team will be used this season as a platform for development for some of our under 19's who will be looking to make the move into senior football, with our under 19's also competing in Youth Division West. © 2021 Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC. Jack Williams Trustee . The town stands at the mouth of the Neath river, the end of the Neath Canal, 2½ miles SSE of Neath, 10½ E by rail from Swansea, 35 W from Cardiff, and 205½ distant from London. Many speakers visited the town at that time, including Bertrand Russell, Norman Angell, Keir Hardie, Ernest Bevin, Thomas Mann, E. D. Morel, Charlotte Despard, Emmeline[which? [12] The inner basin has been largely built upon. The author traces the south Wales town of Briton Ferry (Llansawel) and its people through industrialisation, de-industrialisation and austerity. Our Reserve team managed by Dean Tristram and Martin Williams added to the success by winning the clubs first trophy since the merger when they won the Reserve League Cup which followed up their runners-up position in the league. He modernised and reduced the size of the estate to ensure its viability. He once landed at Briton Ferry. In the late 20th century the high-rise housing and much of the earliest housing near the docks was demolished and replaced by more municipal housing. Home win rate is 20% . The station Briton Ferry Llansawel A.F.C. Lots of love the britannia Inn!! It is 181.5 miles 292 km from London Paddington. The water level was maintained by a single gate, which included a buoyancy chamber. In 1987 Mr. Graham Jenkins, now a life president who played for the team between 1951 and 1955 and whose grand-father, Mr. James Taylor, was a founder member of the club became Chairman of the Club and between 1995 and 1997 he under-took the re-building of the clubhouse, dressing-rooms, the visitors' lounge and the installation of flood-lights. The Briton Ferry estate formed part of the lands of the Margam Abbey and passed successively to the Mansel, Villiers, and Vernon families (Earls of Jersey). The first, Transport for Wales, runs regional trains to Swansea and West Wales and also to Cardiff and Manchester via the Welsh Marches line. Brunel’s Briton Ferry Dock marks a development in his experimental work on buoyant lock gates — a move from timber construction to iron.Now disused, the lock basin is filled with silt and only parts of the original dock walls and gate survive. Today, the Town Council consists of twelve members and meets monthly in the Council Chamber at the Community Resource Centre, the community-managed library. Can this once vibrant and innovative community, now labelled as a dormitory, re-invent itself and restore its glorious past? [26] Prominent Independent Labour Party representatives were Councillor Joe Branch, Ivor O. Thomas and Ivor H. Thomas, the founder of the South Wales branch of the National Council for Civil Liberties. Briton Ferry (Welsh: Llansawel) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales.The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel. The industrial revolution brought much expansion to Briton Ferry, including ironworks, steelworks, tinplate production and engineering. Alternatively, Sawel may be a derivative of Saul, St Paul's earlier name. John Mills’s sculpture at the southern end of the town, The Crossing, symbolises the town’s industrial and maritime history through the importance of its bridges and river crossing. Briton Ferry changed name 1977 Relegated to Division One 1979-80 Promoted to Premier Division 1982 Relegated to Division One 1983-84 Placed in National Division on league re-organisation 1991-92 Welsh League runner-up 1992-93 Founder members of League Of Wales 1994 Left League Of Wales 1994-95 Welsh League Champions 1995-96 Rejoined League Of Wales 1997-98 Rejoined Welsh League 2001 … Mr Barclay operated them at some point between 1874 and 1880..........." Portrait of Rees the cowman at Briton Ferry, by George O. Delamotte - on the People's Collection Wales site Two blast furnaces were built at Briton Ferry. 2012/2013 was an exciting season both on and off the field with both our senior teams looking to capitalise on the success they enjoyed the previous season. Our ladies reserves went from strength to strength after a very good season providing much needed support to the first team. [15] The outer basin has potential use by fishing boats and yachts. Ritson Street English Congregational Church, Briton Ferry, Glamorgan (now Neath Port Talbot), began when English-speaking members of Bethesda Welsh Independent chapel in Briton Ferry formed a building committee to establish an English congregation. [13] Following Brunel's death in 1859, Robert Brereton took over as engineer and also acted as engineer for improvements made in 1872 and 1873.[14]. They final performed in Welsh League Division Three. Briton Ferry West consists of some or all of the districts of Brynhyfryd, Giants Grave, Shelone and Warren Hill in the parliamentary constituency of Aberavon. ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL (1806-59) designed the dock at Briton Ferry, on the Neath Estuary in south Wales, to handle coal and goods for the Vale of Neath Railway. Wikipedia has a page about Briton Ferry. Administrative / Biographical History. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, llan, is protected from the wind, awel. The system was designed by William Armstrong, and in 2010, the Institution of Civil Engineers unveiled a plaque at the site to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth. The current MP is Stephen Kinnock, while the current Senedd Member is David Rees and there are three West Wales Regional Assembly Members. For passenger services, Briton Ferry is served by two principal operators. Finally, our ladies youth team will be managed by Rob Brown and Alan Topper. [27] His constituency office was at Chequers in Briton Ferry. ️. The club enjoyed considerable success under Carl's leadership culminating in the team's promotion as runners-up to the new League of Wales. Briton Ferry Athletic F.C. … On 3rd July 1851, the Briton Ferry Dock & Railway Act was passed, incorporating the Briton Ferry Dock & Railway Company and the Briton Ferry Floating Dock Company. [16], The wharves at Briton Ferry are run by Neath Port Authority, the most important of which are Giant's Wharf, which handles steel, scrap, coke, coal and machine parts, and Ironworks Wharf, which handles minerals such as sand and cement. [6] The original course of the River Neath may have been through the Jersey Marine gap between the isolated hills, which formed a rocky ridge between Briton Ferry and Jersey Marine. Map of Briton Ferry in 1898. History [edit] Briton Ferry had its Urban District Council from 1895 to 1922, when it formed part of Aberavon Parliamentary Constituency. Our ladies reserve team will be managed by Richard Churchill, Tom Knight and Tasha Trottman. Confirmation of our Tier 2 license this Summer was reward for all the hard work carried out over the last few years by everyone at the club. £15 million has been invested in a solar energy farm on the park. Historic Maps of Briton Ferry and the local area. Our commitment to develop the Old Road ground continues with major developments including a brand new bar, new official and away team changing rooms being at the forefront of recent improvements. There is no doubt that the club's fine facilities were a factor when Mr. Carl Harris, the former Leeds United winger and winner of twenty four full Welsh Caps accepted the position of player-manager. Municipal housing in Briton Ferry started as a result of the Housing of the Workers Act 1890 and continued as a result of 20th-century housing legislation just before and following World War II. The team was re-named Briton Ferry Athletic A.F.C. After a lengthy … Books forming a social, political and industrial history of Briton Ferry (Llansawel), a south Wales steel town, and its people, including opposition to World War One [18], Most housing in the 19th century was built by local private builders, sometimes for local industry or the railways. II Briton Ferry Ironworks Engine House On the NW side of Briton Ferry docks and set back on the W side of an access road to Briton Ferry Industrial Estate immediately S of the elevated M4. He became the leader of the opposition in 1922 and became Prime Minister in 1924. Despite the Club's mixed fortunes in the 1950's and 1960's it built up a fine sporting tradition and produced three full Welsh Internationals in Roy John, Harold Williams and Carl Harris. We'd like to wish all our lovely customers a very merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New year !! Today, the river crossing comprises two bridge crossings which carry the M4 motorway and A483 road across the river. Here rope-hauled coal wagons delivered coal from Glyncorrwg to Briton Ferry dock. 2005/2006 proved to be a landmark season which saw the club win 6 trophies including the Premier League, Premier Cup, Open Cup, Borough Cup, Rose Bowl and Neath League 75th Anniversary Trophy. is a football club based in Briton Ferry in Wales, currently playing in the … [12] The gate was 56 feet (17 m) wide, and the unique structure with its floating caisson was designed by Brunel's father, Sir Marc Brunel. The estate lay in the parishes of Aberavon, Baglan, Briton Ferry, Cadoxton-juxta-Neath, Glyncorrwg, Llangyfelach, Llansamlet, Llantwit-juxta-Neath, Margam, Michaelston-super-Avon, Neath, St John-juxta-Swansea, … 1818. It filled the final 6.2 mi (10 km) gap in the motorway between Newport and west Wales, Its completion presented formidable problems, with extensive industrial and commercial development, estuarine flood-lands and the navigable River Neath all lying in the path of possible routes. Parish of Briton Ferry - St.Mary`s This is what the church of St.Mary`s, Llansawel, looked like in an artists impression in the first half of the 19th century. One explanation for the name of the nearby Giant's Grave is the presence of a cromlech. II Briton Ferry Ironworks Engine House On the NW side of Briton Ferry docks and set back on the W side of an access road to Briton Ferry Industrial Estate immediately S of the elevated M4. Its original layout of formal and informal areas remains complete and includes sports facilities. BP’s oil refinery at Llandarcy closed four years later. [29], The railway was important in the town's industrial development town, and much of the core rail infrastructure remains. This year sees the club take part in the inaugural season for the FAW JD CYMRU CHAMPIONSHIP SOUTH under the reigns of manager Carl Shaw, assisted by Ray Pennock, Mark Napierella, Ian Hillier and Gareth Jones.