Panteg Explained
| Official Name: | Panteg |
| Country: | Wales |
| Static Image: | St Mary's Church, Panteg.jpg |
| Static Image Width: | 200px |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary's Church, Panteg |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.22 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population: | 7,217 |
| Population Ref: | (2011)[2] |
| Os Grid Reference: | ST 294 989 |
| Coordinates: | 51.6849°N -3.0219°W |
| Post Town: | PONTYPOOL |
| Postcode Area: | NP |
| Postcode District: | NP4 |
| Dial Code: | 01495 |
| Community Wales: | Panteg |
| Constituency Westminster: | Torfaen |
| Welsh Name: | Pant-teg |
| Unitary Wales: | Torfaen |
| Lieutenancy Wales: | Gwent |
| Constituency Welsh Assembly: | Torfaen |
| Module: |
Map of the community |
Panteg (cy|Pant-teg) is a large village and community in the county borough of Torfaen, Wales. It is adjacent to Griffithstown, between the towns of Cwmbran and Pontypool. The village is best known for Panteg Steel Works, which closed in 2004.[3]
Prior to 1935 Panteg was also an urban district. It had a population of 11,499 in 1931. It was amalgamated with Pontypool in 1935.[4] It is now a community and electoral ward of Torfaen.
Notable people
See
- Edwin Stevens, inventor and philanthropist
- Herbert Armitage James, who was Headmaster of Rugby School and later President of St John's College, Oxford, grew up in Panteg and is commemorated by a memorial in the parish church, where his father was rector from 1856 to 1871.
- Edward Thomas Chapman, a winner of the Victoria Cross in the Second World War, is buried in Panteg cemetery, which is located a few miles from St Mary's church.
- Ian Gough, Ryan Powell and Lloyd Burns, Wales rugby union international players
- Steve Parry, avant-garde guitarist and founder of Hwyl Nofio, was born and lived in Panteg.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 2011 Census:Quick Statistics:Population Density for Panteg. Office for National Statistics. 29 Nov 2013.
- Web site: 2011 Census:Key Statistics:Key Figures for Panteg. Office for National Statistics. 25 Nov 2013.
- Web site: End of an era for steelworks . 2009-08-15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106164116/http://archive.thisisgwent.co.uk/2003/10/24/65152.html . 2009-01-06 .
- Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. 1952 Edition. p. 1424
