Gower place names
17 January 2025
John Richard’s talk on 13 January entitled The Origin and Meaning of Place Names has hopefully triggered some members to research the origins of some of the place names which surround us. After the talk I tookGower & What It Means by Philip Stephens from my bookshelf. It is a good read! Have a look […]
Cheriton: Bursting with history
15 September 2024
by Ivor Williams There is an old tale that the church at Landimore was lost to the sea. We now know there was some truth to this. Cheriton was once part of the extensive community of Landimore. There was a church exactly where the church is now. On Saint Michael’s Day, 28th September 1014, it […]
The Great Frost
5 July 2024
At the end of the 18th century, Leyshon Rogers of Llangennith wrote about life on Gower: “January the 17th, 1784, the great frost and snow began, and held till February the 21st, which is 5 weeks before it came to change, there was snow till the 5th March before it went clear off.” “…the frost […]
Rebecca
14 May 2024
Last night’s talk on the Rebecca ended with a mention of the murder of Will Eynon the toll gate keeper at Carterford by Christopher Batcot. This reminded me that I had not written a summary of the talk I had given about the Death of a Gower Teacher in which this incident was mentioned. This […]