Penpergwm Explained

Country:Wales
Welsh Name:Penpergwm
Constituency Welsh Assembly:Monmouth
Official Name:Penpergwm
Coordinates:51.785°N -2.978°W
Unitary Wales:Monmouthshire
Constituency Westminster:Monmouth
Post Town:ABERGAVENNY
Postcode District:NP7
Postcode Area:NP
Dial Code:01873
Os Grid Reference:SO 325103

Penpergwm is a village in south Wales, situated along the A40 road, south-east of Abergavenny and west of Monmouth. The site of Castell Arnallt lies on a mound in the water meadows between the village and the River Usk.[1]

The village used to have to a railway station on the Welsh Marches Line, but it closed in 1958.[2] [3] The former station house is now a private residence.[4]

The former British politician Francis Pym was born in Penpergwm Lodge in the village.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Castle Arnold . . 2022-10-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221006155833/https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/275974/ . 2022-10-06.
  2. Web site: Rogers. Mick. 70013 at Penpergwm. railwayherald.com. Railway Herald. 22 November 2014.
  3. Book: Barrie. D.S.M.. A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales. 31 March 1994. Atlantic Transport Publishers. Cornwall. 9780946537693. 82. 2nd.
  4. Web site: Road to Station House, Penpergwm. geograph.org.uk. Geograph Britain and Ireland. 22 November 2014.
  5. Book: Theakston. Kevin. British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974. 2 July 2004. Routledge. London. 9780714656564. 141. 22 November 2014.