Penpergwm

Penpergwm
Welsh: Penpergwm
Penpergwm
 Penpergwm shown within Monmouthshire
OS grid referenceSO 325103
Principal areaMonmouthshire
CountryWales
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ABERGAVENNY
Postcode district NP7
Dialling code 01873
Police Gwent
Fire South Wales
Ambulance Welsh
EU Parliament Wales
UK ParliamentMonmouth
Welsh AssemblyMonmouth
List of places
UK
Wales
Monmouthshire

Coordinates: 51°47′18″N 2°58′45″W / 51.7882°N 2.9793°W / 51.7882; -2.9793

Penpergwm is a village in south Wales, situated along the A40 road, 3.9 miles south-east of Abergavenny and 19 miles west of Monmouth. The village was formerly host to a railway station on the Welsh Marches Line, but it closed in 1958.[1][2] The former station house is now a private residence.[3]

The former British politician Francis Pym was born in Penpergwm Lodge in the village.[4]

References

  1. Rogers, Mick. "70013 at Penpergwm". railwayherald.com. Railway Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  2. Barrie, D.S.M. (31 March 1994). A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: South Wales (2nd ed.). Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. p. 82. ISBN 9780946537693.
  3. "Road to Station House, Penpergwm". geograph.org.uk. Geograph Britain and Ireland. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. Theakston, Kevin (2 July 2004). British Foreign Secretaries Since 1974. London: Routledge. p. 141. ISBN 9780714656564. Retrieved 22 November 2014.


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