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Skewen is a village within the county borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
 of Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough#Wales and one of the Principal areas of Wales of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most List of Welsh principal areas by population in Wales and the third most populous county borough....
, in Wales
Wales

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The village is served by Skewen railway station
Skewen railway station

Skewen railway station is a Train station in Skewen, Wales. The station is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by Arriva Trains Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff....
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en was once an industrial village. There were a number of collieries around the village - (see link below). The Crown and Mines Royal Copper Works and the Cheadle and Neath Abbey Ironworks were once important industrial sites which stood close by. Old top loading blast furnaces can also be seen at Neath Abbey.






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Skewen is a village within the county borough
County borough

County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control....
 of Neath Port Talbot
Neath Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot is a county borough#Wales and one of the Principal areas of Wales of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most List of Welsh principal areas by population in Wales and the third most populous county borough....
, in Wales
Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
.

The village is served by Skewen railway station
Skewen railway station

Skewen railway station is a Train station in Skewen, Wales. The station is located below street level at Station Road in Skewen. It is a stop on the South Wales Main Line, served by Arriva Trains Wales Swanline regional trains between Swansea and Cardiff....
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History

Skewen was once an industrial village. There were a number of collieries around the village - (see link below). The Crown and Mines Royal Copper Works and the Cheadle and Neath Abbey Ironworks were once important industrial sites which stood close by. Old top loading blast furnaces can also be seen at Neath Abbey. To the south of Skewen lies the village of Llandarcy
Llandarcy

Llandarcy is a village near Neath in Neath Port Talbot county borough, South West Wales Wales. It lies near the busy M4 Motorway/A465 road junction, Junction 43....
, site of the former Llandarcy oil refinery
Oil refinery

An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into more useful petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, asphalt, heating oil, kerosene, and liquefied petroleum gas....
. Huw Pudner and Chris Hastings have written a folk song called "Skewen Main 1925" which is about the closure of the Skewen Main coal mine.

Monuments of interest

The ruins of Neath Abbey
Neath Abbey

Neath Abbey was a Cistercian monastery, located near the present-day town of Neath in southern Wales, United Kingdom.It was once the largest abbey in Wales....
, a former Cistercian monastery
Monastery

Monastery , a term derived from the Greek language word ???ast?????, neut. of ???ast????? - monasterios denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of Monk, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in Cenobium or alone ....
, are now in the care of CADW
Cadw

Cadw is a Wales-government body with the mission to protect, conserve, and to promote the built heritage of Wales. It is the Welsh equivalent of English Heritage and Historic Scotland and is now part of the Welsh Assembly Government....
. On Mynydd Drumau
Mynydd Drumau

Mynydd Drumau is a mountain in south Wales lying in the county of Neath Port Talbot.It is 272m / 892ft high. The mountain is situated in a suburban and rural upland zone and is dotted with a number of farms and woodlands....
 to the north of the village is an ancient site, Y Carreg Bica (or 'Maen Bradwen' which translates into English as 'the white rock of betrayal').

Notable people

The village is the birthplace of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans
Samuel Thomas Evans

Sir Samuel Thomas Evans Order of the Bath Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council Queen's Counsel , was a Wales barrister, judge and Liberal Party politician....
 (1859-1918), British judge and politician who was appointed Solicitor-General in 1908 and became the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty division in 1910. Also of the composer David John de Lloyd
David John de Lloyd

Dr David John de Lloyd was a Wales musician and composer.Born in Skewen, de Lloyd grew up in Aberystwyth, where he attended both school and University of Wales, Aberystwyth....
 and singer Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler is a Welsh people Rock music singer. Born Gaynor Hopkins, she is recognisable by her highly distinctive, husky voice....
. Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard

Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is an Emmy Award-winning British stand-up comedy and dramatic actor. He is also known for his transvestitism. His comedy style is expressed in rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime....
, the comedian, lived in the village for a short while in his boyhood as did the actress Lorna Bennett
Lorna Bennett

Lorna Bennett is a United Kingdom actress.She received an Anthony Hopkins Scholarship to train at LAMDA and has appeared in BAFTA nominated "Stuart A Life Backwards" , cult TV series"Torchwood" for the BBC / BBC America, BBC1 sitcom "Cry Wolf" , "Doctors " , Comedy Lab's "Roy Dance is Dead" , and "Pirates" in which she played Anne Bonny....
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